Felipe Almeida Lessa wrote:
> 2006/9/7, Bruno Desthuilliers <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>:
> > I don't think one could pretend writing a cross-platform application
> > without testing it on all targeted platforms.
>
> E.g: while creating a free software, you may not have an Apple
> computer but you may want to be *possible* to run your program there.
> You don't test it, but you *think* it runs there. Not everybody has a
> spare MacOS X to test apps.
Ah, but those with the Intel Apples can run Linux, Windows, and Mac OS
X at the same time! *grin*
Actually, that's how I'm working on my wx/Python application. I write
it under Mac OS X and occasionally pull it into my Windows and Ubuntu
virtual machines for further testing.
> Of course, if your software *needs* to run in some particular OS then
> you have to test on it.
Certainly. And this point should be emphasized for any cross-platform
language, especially for folk who may not have done such development
before. The "write once, run everywhere" phrase does have a footnote.
Python's documentation is very good at pointing out what is platform
independent and what isn't, but other packages are not as thorough.
--Jason
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