- Platform independent BlackBox

From: Douglas G. Danforth <"Douglas>
Date: Mon, 15 May 2006 23:35:36 -0400

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J Stanley Warford wrote:
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>
> This comment by Rene fits my situation exactly. I have reluctantly
> switched my development efforts from BlackBox to C++ using Qt from
> Trolltech because the software I distribute (software to support one of
> my computer science textbooks) must be cross-platform. That is why I
> adopted BlackBox in the first place, when it supported the Mac as well
> as MSWindows. I do not have the resources to maintain separate code
> trees and separate development environments for different platforms.
>
Steps to porting BlackBox
(1) Compiler port
(2) Host modules port
(3) System testing
(4) Maintenance

Preconditions to porting
(1) Knowledge of compiler (if new instruction set?).
(2) Access to machine with desired OS
(3) People willing to invest the time and effort

Comments
(1) I believe OuS has a partial Unix port
(2) I don't have access to Apple OS-X or Linux
(3) If I did I would be willing to port some Host modules
(4) Collectively we should be able to do at least one port.

-Doug Danforth

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