Windows CE for PureBasic?

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Windows CE for PureBasic?

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Will PureBasic ever be available for Windows CE? Lots of hand held devices and low spec netbooks run Windows CE, yet PureBasic still supports Windows 9x, NT, ME, and 2000 which scarcely anyone would use nowadays? :|
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Re: Windows CE for PureBasic?

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I don't know, but it would have been cool. This Monster runs Windows CE 5!
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The problem is that most mobile devices have ARM CPU's and no x86 CPU's. So the support for Windows CE is not enough, we would need a complete new compiler that generates ARM code and all the librarys must be compiled for ARM too.

It would be very nice to have it, but there are currently no plans to build a PB ARM compiler.
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Re: Windows CE for PureBasic?

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Thorium wrote:The problem is that most mobile devices have ARM CPU's and no x86 CPU's. So the support for Windows CE is not enough, we would need a complete new compiler that generates ARM code and all the librarys must be compiled for ARM too.

It would be very nice to have it, but there are currently no plans to build a PB ARM compiler.
I had no idea it was quite that complex. Guess that kinda puts a dampener on things :(
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