[Coco] VCC Update

[Frank Pittel]

Cool another coco debate!!! I think half of vcc NEEDS to be written in
Java, a quarter of it NEEDS to be written in C## and a quarter of it NEEDS
to be written in tcl!!


On Thu, Apr 13, 2017 at 6:45 PM, James Ross <jrosslist at outlook.com> wrote:

> I am going to post on this one ... ALL good point Salvador!  Exactly what
> I was thinking too.
>
> I'll just point out that C# can run on Linux & Mac through Mono.  Mono is
> a clone implementation of .NET.  and it has gotten better and better over
> the years.  AND -- recently Microsoft has opened source the entire .NET
> software stack -- so, one of these days you will probably be able to run
> pure Microsoft .NET on any one of the platforms.
>
> But again, Java is FINE too!
>
> ________________________________________
> From: Coco <coco-bounces at maltedmedia.com> on behalf of Salvador Garcia
> via Coco <coco at maltedmedia.com>
>
> MAME is cross platform, so is XRoar. What language/graphics technology do
> they use?
> I tend to favor C# too, but many, not just within the CoCo/VCC community,
> do not like the Microsoftish tie to it, especially if they are aiming to
> build a multi platform app.
>
> Java is better favored for multi-platform apps.
>
> At some point, the technology that VCC NxtGen will use will be defined,
> but speaking from experience, I would not halt development on the current
> version. It is far too easy to hold off an enhancement in favor of waiting
> to implement a different platform, but the latter is slow to come and those
> that could have benefited from the enhancement never do because Other
> Activities come into play and the next generation project suffers from
> delay after delay. It is better to have the enhancements in place in
> whatever version is here today and when it comes time to move it to the Nxt
> Gen, at least the new enhancements will be there. Plus, having a clear view
> of what is ahead, the developer can take this into consideration when
> building the enhancement, if at all possible.
>
> I tend to shy away from suggesting too much regarding this particular
> project because I agree with Bill in that we are all eager to cooperate
> with suggestions and Brilliant Ideas, but not with work. This is
> understandable when we also feel that it is a matter of investing hundreds
> of hours when we are lucky to have a few minutes. The best that I can
> suggest is to establish a group that wants to cooperate and establish a VCC
> 101 course where we can systematically take apart VCC's sources to begin to
> gain an understanding of what went into it and determine what sort of
> effort needs to go into it to reach the ultimate goal (multi platform).
> Salvador
>
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