Re: [Megahal-general] Portability of MegaHal

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Cory Spencer <csp...@in...> writes:

> POSIX = Portable Operating System Interface for uniX.  It is
> essentially an API approved by the IEEE and ISO, and by designing a
> program to be POSIX compliant, a programmer has a reasonable
> assurance that porting the program to any POSIX compliant operating
> system should be a relatively minor task.  (Most varieties of unix
> strive to be POSIX compliant, as does Windows NT.)
 
Yes, it's a good thing.  I am in favor of DOS, Mac, etc... builds, but
someone has to do the work, and I don't have the time.

> While we're on the topic of portability, is there any reason why the
> MegaHAL build process is using just a simple Makefile as opposed to
> the autoconf/configure scripts?  I've generally found that autoconf
> makes programs easier to build on *nix platforms.  (Although
> granted, it probably wouldn't be of much help on
> Windows/DOS/Macs...)

Because I hate autoconf/make:-) I've been putting off trying to put
something else together...  If you want to take a stab at auto*, I
suppose I would include it, but I really don't like it:-)

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