Re: Modeling PBM on Linux ...

From: Ian Hall <tek_604@btinternet.com>

Date: Sun, 15 Oct 2000 00:00:00 +0000

As far as I know, even Java isn't the answer. As a (fairly new, but
dedicared!) Mac user, I have noticed that many Java apps do not work
properly with the Java runtime engine (MRJ). I believe that even on the PC,
there are several different implementations of Java.

Maybe that will be solved with Java 2?

But if its cross platform that you want then surely C/C++ is the way to go?
The standard libraries for C/C++ are the same across all platforms (as far
as I know) - all that changes is the compiler that you use.

For example, my company write cross platform XTensions for Quark, using
standard C to make calls to the Quark interface. And as we use CodeWarrior,
we can compile the same codebase for Wintel or MacOS.

So as long as you don't make any calls to either MFC, Mac ToolBox or
Carbon/Cocoa frameworks, you can write the 'game engine', though without the
pretty user interface. That can be added by those who pick up the torch...

Not entirely unlike the way Linux itself started?

in article slrn8uis67.ffr.tim@leaphome.pelican.org, Tim Franklin at
tim@leaphome.pelican.org wrote on 15/10/00 9:54 am:

> The big barrier there is likely to be choice of platform; I belive that the
> kit firms are currently using varies wildly from one to another.  Maybe
> Java is the answer, but then you're still narrowing down the language that
> firms can use to develop the actual 'game' part.
>
> Just my 0.02UKP,
> Tim.
>

References

Modeling PBM on Linux ...
"MindShift Design" <teammsd@mindshiftdesign.com>
Sat, 14 Oct 2000 00:00:00 +0000
Re: Modeling PBM on Linux ...
tim@leaphome.pelican.org (Tim Franklin)
Sun, 15 Oct 2000 00:00:00 +0000

Referenced By

Modeling PBM on Linux ...
"MindShift Design" <teammsd@mindshiftdesign.com>
Sat, 14 Oct 2000 00:00:00 +0000
Re: Modeling PBM on Linux ...
tim@leaphome.pelican.org (Tim Franklin)
Sun, 15 Oct 2000 00:00:00 +0000