Page 1 of 1
Windows CE for PureBasic?
Posted: Sat Nov 06, 2010 3:08 pm
by Lykaestria
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?
Re: Windows CE for PureBasic?
Posted: Sat Nov 06, 2010 6:44 pm
by utopiomania
I don't know, but it would have been cool.
This Monster runs Windows CE 5!
Re: Windows CE for PureBasic?
Posted: Sun Nov 07, 2010 12:28 am
by Thorium
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.
Re: Windows CE for PureBasic?
Posted: Sun Nov 07, 2010 8:17 am
by Lykaestria
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
