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Use Perl to port Windows DLLs to Palm OS

Posted by Hemos on from the move-it-all-around dept.

developerWorks writes "Porting existing Windows DLLs to Palm OS has historically been a tedious process. This article introduces you to an interesting technique that makes this process easier by using Perl. It demonstrates a Perl script that analyzes existing C source code and automatically generates many of the source files required for porting. You should be able to use the code outlined in the article to help with your own porting projects."

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  1. I have one question. by BoomerSooner · · Score: 3, Interesting

    Why?

    If you've chosen PocketPC over Palm why would you switch? Kind of like going from Windows to DOS.

    Plus the UI components will not work at all. So simply copy/pasting your code to CodeWarrior from the Embedded Tools would work (assuming you tried to keep it close to compatible, again why?).

    The hardest thing for me as a developer is the logic, not the code. Hell with good design documents and a well thought out plan the code is almost secondary.