[sword-devel] QT4 ..............

[Brett Smith]

It is a problem to get working. Kylix, C++Builder 6, and C++ BuilderX
are still on the Borland web site.  Have not tried their X product a
follow on of Kylix and C++ Builder 6 which is for Windows, Linux, and
Solaris.

On Tue, 2005-08-16 at 11:40 -0500, Wade Maxfield wrote:
> Several things I've noticed:
> 
>   1) Kylix is dead. I tried to get it to run on Ubuntu and had to give
> up.  (I've been playing with Linux since version 1.0)  I'm certain I
> could get it running, but it was too much effort. By extrapolation,
> the associated compiled files would break.  Even RHEL 4 is too much
> work (see Centos 4 for the unbranded version of RHEL4)
> 
>   2) .NET is ECMA standard. It introduces C#, C++, VB, J# as managed
> code.  Managed code has no pointers and handles memory usage.  It
> compiles to MSIL (Microsoft intermediate language) and is
> interpreted/run with a just-in-time compiler on each platform.
> The engine to run .NET is called CLR (common language runtime).
> 
>  3)     Novell has started a .NET implementation for linux called
> mono.  (http://www.go-mono.com).  It is in version 1.18, and actually
> works.
> 
>  4) Windows Forms is being implemented for Mono by Novell.
> 
>  5) You can get the .NET SDK for free from microsoft.    The sdk
> includes their C# compiler and Visual Basic compiler for .NET.  free.
> 
>  6)  There is a free IDE for c# and vb.net at
> (http://www.c-sharpcorner.com/downloads.asp)  (it is GPL), but only
> works in windows.  It points you to all the download sites for the
> Microsoft stuff.
> 
>  7)  The .NET standard is now supported by Borland.
> 
>  8) The .NET standard is becoming available for Macintosh.
> 
> 
> Maranatha!
> wade
> 
> 
> On 8/16/05, Lynn Allan <l_d_allan at adelphia.net> wrote:
> > Just curious ... the more recent Delphi packages from Borland provide
> > an alternative to VCL ... are you aware of whether this alternative is
> > based on QT4? For dot-net? How about Kylix?
> > 
> > ----- Original Message -----
> > From: "Barry Drake" <b.drake at ntlworld.com>
> > To: "SWORD Developers' Collaboration Forum"
> > <sword-devel at crosswire.org>
> > Cc: <bt-devel at crosswire.org>
> > Sent: Tuesday, August 16, 2005 6:34 AM
> > Subject: [sword-devel] QT4 ..............
> >
> 
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