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RE: Euphoria.NET

• Posted by CoJaBo <cojabo at suscom.net> Feb 18, 2004
• 615 views

Ray Smith wrote:
> 
> 
> Hayden McKay wrote:
> > Win32lib.ew Will be the only library to be needing an upgrade to support
> > Longhorn.
> > EU will run fine without having to be ported to Longhorn.
> > 
> > We will only need the extra Longhorn stuff wrapped into win32lib.ew.
> 
> ... 2 cents of comments from someone who doesn't know anything about 
> Longhorn!
> 
> Can I assume Longhorn will be able to run win32 based exe's?
> If so Euphoria will work.
> 
> I have a suspicion that Longhorn may treat current win32 based exe's 
> the same way Windows 9x/2000/XP treat DOS apps though.
> I assume MS will try and phase out the current crop of applications 
> and try and force developers into the .NET platform.
> I don't beleive a current Euphoria application calling a few Longhorn
> DLL's will provide the resources needed to be fully ".NET" or
> "Longhorn" compatiable. (I assume this means something like an 
> application being able to be run as "managed" code?)
> Some features may be able to be accessed this way but I doubt for 
> instance you would be able to access all features of the .NET platform.

Soimeone might make a .DLL to access them if they don't work directly, 
or Eu could support them.
It will run fine as is though.

> 
> This might not be a major problem by the way as I beleive MS have a 
> pretty large fight on their hands with regard to .NET anyway.
> 
> Regards, 
> 
> Ray Smith
> http://rays-web.com
> 
> 
> > ----- Original Message ----- 
> > From: "Philip Deets" <philip1987 at hotmail.com>
> > To: <EUforum at topica.com>
> > Sent: Tuesday, February 17, 2004 10:04 AM
> > Subject: Euphoria.NET
> > > I am concerned with euphoria's compatibility with Windows Longhorn's new
> > > features.  Windows Longhorn will support all previous win32 programs, so
> > > eu will still work, but I think to access the new features, a program
> > > must use the Longhorn API.  The Longhorn API will be very similar to the
> > > current .NET .  Will euphoria be able to use features intended for use
> > > by managed languages, such as C#?
> > >
> > > Maybe a new euphoria platform will be necessary.  Perhaps there could be
> > > Linux & FreeBSD eu, Win32 and DOS eu, and Longhorn eu.  If this extra
> > > platform issue could be avoided that would be great.  I'll leave this
> > > issue with those who are more knowledgable than I in these areas.
>