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GCC C/C++ Compiler Ported to WinCE

Posted by michael on from the spare-time dept.

An anonymous reader writes "This interview at WindowsForDevices is with a young Russian programmer who earlier this year launched a project to port the open source GCC C/C++ compiler and supporting tools (library, manager, linker, etc.) to Windows CE and the Pocket PC platform. The result, according to Vitaliy Pronkin, the project's founder, is that it is now possible to develop applications directly on a Pocket PC PDA using the standard C/C++ programming language. Specifically, source code written in eVC (MFC isn't supported yet) can be built and then executed directly on the Pocket PC (or other Windows CE device) without conversion or additional runtimes. Find it, fix it, compile it, run it -- right on your Pocket PC!"

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  1. Ick. by Piquan · · Score: 2, Insightful
    I tried writing C on my Palm (which has had a natively hosted compiler for years). It was not fun at all. Same goes for the more lightweight languages, Scheme and Forth, even though they were better.

    I think I'll stick with a dev platform.

    1. Re:Ick. by great+throwdini · · Score: 2, Insightful
      Yes, it'd suck ass to write just about any code on a Palm, especially an older one, 160x160 screen and Graffiti. But, there are WinCE devices out there with very good keyboards.

      Why anyone would contemplate writing any large amount of code directly on any of the above-named devices is beyond me, integrated keypad or no. Writing a little Forth now and then on a Palm device (with stylus even!) isn't too bad, but again, we're talking small pieces of program logic.

      OTOH, one can always write the programs on a less-mobile device like a desktop and sync the files over to the portable, or, in the case of the "older Palms" specifically, from day one (or at least the Palm III line) there have been folding travel keyboards available for use.