#Mac/Win crosspltform Dev
12-Mar-94 10:03:02
Sb: #163479-#Mac/Win crosspltform Dev
Fm: David F. Johnson 71301,3334
To: Neil Ticktin/MacTech Mag 71333,1065
Yes, there is the Code Fragment Manager (CFM), currently available
under PowerPC _only_, but eventually available under 680×0 (with the
Apple Shared Library Manager (ASLM) available in the interim).
However, that's not going to help when it comes to a dynamic-link
library (DLL). You simply cannot take DLL code which exists under
Windows today and use MSVC 2 (when it's released) to produce a
Macintosh version via the CFM or ASLM. Yes, it's possible to design
_new_ code which takes the considerations of DLLs and the CFM, but the
MSVC 2 solution can take _current_ code and provide a cross platform
solution.
So, I meant DLLs as they exist under Windows, not that the Macintosh
did not have an equivalent technology. But it is a _different_
technology which is not compatible with Windows DLLs. The MFC with
MSVC 2 is a solution, while DLL with MSVC 2 is not.
Just a clarification.
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