[Coco] VCC Update

[Mathieu Chouinard]

Yup

On Apr 13, 2017 20:22, "Frank Pittel" <fpittel at gmail.com> wrote:

> 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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