Mail Archives: djgpp/1999/11/02/05:21:02
On Tue, 2 Nov 1999, Gautier wrote:
> In some cases it's better to interface (e.g. for large and specific
> libraries). Sometimes it is worth the effort, as it can increase
> portability to almost all the sources - positive experience
> from Fortran, with same Ada sources used on Compaq AXP, OpenVMS
> and DJGPP-Ada95, DOS !).
Porting a program does not necessarily mean that the ported code must be
portable. In many cases, such as the one that started this thread, the
user is only interested in getting the code to work on a new platform.
Making the program more portable than it already is is an entirely
different project, and it requires an entirely different perspective and
different tools.
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