At 18:02 2003-1-22 -0700, you wrote:
There isn't a way for normal software developers to have completely ARM-native applications on current Palm OS devices. This is something that is likely for Palm OS 6 (or whatever the next OS is called). People working directly with PalmSource or a licensee may be able to do a native application, but it requires non-public information, and its likely that any native app made for an OS 5 device would be specific to that version of the OS and possibly that device type.Ok, cool I think I got it now, thanks!So CW 8 produces 68k opcodes. But on an ARM platform, the PACE has to interpret these 68K op codes, even for API calls. So what the PDF is saying is the actual APIs in the OS are ARM Native. But what it doesn't say (and what I was missing) is that anything compiled for the 68k platform is STILL going through PACE regardless of the fact that PACE is calling ARM native APIs. So my next question is, will there ever be a CW version that will compile native ARM programs (not just applets).
V9 does a good job of supporting ARMlets, which can really speed up the parts of an application that need them. However, ARMlets have to call the OS through PACE, as this is a stable interface that won't change going from OS 5 to PalmSource's next OS.
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