21 Apr
2002
21 Apr
'02
5:59 p.m.
On Sun, 21 Apr 2002, Dave McGuire wrote:
I'll bet your software will compile and run fine under Windows using
Cygnus's stuff.
Peace... Sridhar
And before you take exception to that...if I were to
describe to you
a commercial construction firm that made nice buildings and had a good
reputation, but they used Volkswagen Beetles to haul their lumber and
cinderblocks and radio-controlled tanks to do their welding and
riveting, wouldn't you have something to say about that?
If it works, I wouldn't say anything about it. Except maybe, "Wow! Holy
crap! How did they *do* that!?"
Secondly, I
have serious doubts that there's a way to write software
that is both portable and fully functional in all cases. There are
limitations, I'm sure, and the devil's in the details.
I've done it for twenty years. Most of the stuff I've written runs
on 20+ different operating systems...it doesn't run under Windows, but
that's irrelevant, because it's one proprietary, non-standards-
compliant platform that most people in my industry don't use. (See
comments about "our own worlds" above)