Author: Paolo Casaschi
Date: 01:01:21 05/24/03
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>>The device (hardware) may be as powerful, but is the operating system still as >>constraining from a developer's point of view as it used to be? e.g. Can I >>allocate a few megabyte block of contiguous memory from the heap, or have a >>reasonable amount of global data, or a decently sized stack? I know this used >>to be a major annoyance when trying to port larger programs to the platform. > >No, this has not changed. > >But these constraints are the reason why the applications developped for PalmOS >are lighter and faster than the equivalent PocketPC applications. > >It puts more stress on the developper, but the user benefits more. > >I think this will change with PalmOS 6, to be released later this year. Most >constraints are going to be removed and you will end up programming for a >relatively standard 32 bits environment. But I do not know for sure. > > So... it seems that Palm gave up the "customer benefit" you mentioned above ;-) --Paolo
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