Subj : Squish/w32 os/2 etc
To   : Maurice Kinal
From : Serguei Trouchelle
Date : Wed Nov 05 2003 05:32 pm

 ST>> Writing non-portable Squish/Linux is not a good idea, I think. 
 MK>> Why is that?
 ST> Because there's a lot of nodes, using other OSes. 

 MK> Are those other nodes compiling source for Linux? 

Look at binkd development. Binkd is really cross-platform, starting under Unix, 
and now continuing under Win32, still supporting almost all platforms. 

 MK>  Are they concerned about their source for whatever compiler being 
 MK> portable to gcc? 

As I remember, original Squish/Max can perfectly be compiled with Watcom. At 
least, I used w32 version of original Squish, compiled by myself, for more than 
a year on 4 nodes and some points. 

 MK>  Do they even have a valid licence for whatever compiler? 

I have licenced MSVC6. 

OpenWatcom is free. I compiled original Squish with OpenWatcom without 
problems. 

 MK> Why should it be up to Linux people to pirate software?  What's
 MK> wrong with IBM and MS people?  I'd argue that those people have
 MK> been in the business of piratization far longer and are probably
 MK> more capable in ensuring compatibility of pirated code with
 MK> whatever compiler. 

I do not understand this stream of consciousness.

Serguei Trouchelle 
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