OpenEuphoria

Re: Shrinking bitmaps

• Posted by Irv Mullins <irvm at ellijay.com> Feb 09, 2002
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On Friday 08 February 2002 06:49 pm, petelomax at blueyonder.co.uk wrote:

> I would love to write programs:
> DOS = text/minimal  - rock solid
> Windows = largest installed user base, therefore max features
>                       (holding the middle ground in stability terms)
> Linux = cutting edge - allowed to be a bit flakey
>               (with a text/rock solid version an option)
>
> But until I find a suitable API set (if it needs source level tools to
> build three/four versions so be it, but it must be automated) I feel
> obliged to stick with windows.
>
> Ideally (naively?) it would just be a different set of include files
> with null routines for unsupported features on each platform?

Such a thing would be nice, except for the fact that for each of the 
platforms, there's something that it cannot do which the others can.
So, a program written to run on ALL, would have to be written to the 
lowest common denominator.  The result would be programs which 
look old-fashioned and somewhat amateurish.  And probably lack 
features which would make them competitive in the marketplace.

Regards,
Irv