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Re: OT: Encore killer app contest (Was Re: Now For The Leap)   Message List  
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Re: [lb/2004] Re: OT: Encore killer app contest (Was Re: Now For The Leap)

Ok, not to take away anything from what Gopal did, but is it really such
a big deal to port a well written app to a new architecture?

When I wrote libyahoo2, my only criterion was that it compile with the
-ansi and -pedantic flags turned on. Months later people were mailing
me telling me that it compiled out of the box on platforms that I didn't
know existed.

Ok, so dotGNU as a complete platform is obviously way more complex than
a simple network app. It needs to heck of a lot of resource management,
but if it's written well to begin with, then these tasks should be
trivial.

Gopal, please let us all know what the job involved. (Also, you could
do that on the -tech list instead of the -2004 list).

Philip

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Dear Edgar, ... He caught us completely off guard, we had not planned/expected something so big, so quickly. We (me and gopal) have worked out giving it to him...
Samyeer Metrani
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Dec 15, 2004
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Dear Samyeer, [inline] ... <g> He caught a *lot* of people off guard :-) I don't even know if Atul managed to keep his side of the deal and sponsor Gopal a...
Edgar D' Souza
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Ok, not to take away anything from what Gopal did, but is it really such a big deal to port a well written app to a new architecture? When I wrote libyahoo2,...
Philip Tellis
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Dec 15, 2004
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Hi, [Looooong mail....] ... written ... Simple answer - No. If you use all the auto-tools features and write pure portable C, your code will work in 80% of all...
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