Comments on: Future features of PPL 2.0 http://arianesoft.ca/blog/future-features-of-ppl-20/ It's all about the PPL! Tue, 22 Jun 2010 07:38:46 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9 hourly 1 By: Leginus http://arianesoft.ca/blog/future-features-of-ppl-20/comment-page-1/#comment-30 Leginus Mon, 20 Oct 2008 21:14:16 +0000 http://arianesoft.ca/blog/?p=108#comment-30 mmm just read my last post back....I was being sarcastic towards myself with the timescale and not you Alain....just to clarify that. mmm just read my last post back….I was being sarcastic towards myself with the timescale and not you Alain….just to clarify that.

]]> By: Leginus http://arianesoft.ca/blog/future-features-of-ppl-20/comment-page-1/#comment-29 Leginus Mon, 20 Oct 2008 21:13:15 +0000 http://arianesoft.ca/blog/?p=108#comment-29 Personally I only have an interest in Mobile development, whether that be PDA or anything else, though I like the sound of Pandora or Ds lite. I don't use ppl for anything else but mobile development and I have to admit was a little disappointed that version 2.0 is not really catering for mobile's as I was really looking forward to this. I now look forward to version 3.0 and any new mobile platforms :-) However, I can wait as version 1.52 I find is absolutely excellent and caters for my current project beautifully which I promise will be released before the next millenium!! Personally I only have an interest in Mobile development, whether that be PDA or anything else, though I like the sound of Pandora or Ds lite. I don’t use ppl for anything else but mobile development and I have to admit was a little disappointed that version 2.0 is not really catering for mobile’s as I was really looking forward to this. I now look forward to version 3.0 and any new mobile platforms :-) However, I can wait as version 1.52 I find is absolutely excellent and caters for my current project beautifully which I promise will be released before the next millenium!!

]]> By: Alain Deschenes http://arianesoft.ca/blog/future-features-of-ppl-20/comment-page-1/#comment-28 Alain Deschenes Sun, 19 Oct 2008 21:51:38 +0000 http://arianesoft.ca/blog/?p=108#comment-28 It might be a really tough job to include as many devices but nothing is impossible when you have the resources. We will see how things are looking at that time but I don't want 3.0 to take as much time as 2.0 to be released. It might be a really tough job to include as many devices but nothing is impossible when you have the resources. We will see how things are looking at that time but I don’t want 3.0 to take as much time as 2.0 to be released.

]]> By: Mike Halliday http://arianesoft.ca/blog/future-features-of-ppl-20/comment-page-1/#comment-25 Mike Halliday Sun, 19 Oct 2008 19:36:49 +0000 http://arianesoft.ca/blog/?p=108#comment-25 Personally, I don't think that we will see the end of the Windows mobile platform for a while yet. M/S will squeeze every cent out of licensing from all the device/phone manufactures and will not easily roll over and play dead. Hopefully there will be a new release of Windows Mobile once Windows 7 has been released. Granted there are 5 players in the mobile market now (Microsoft, RIM/Blackberry, Symbian, Nokia and Android/Google) and even though Microsoft does not own much of the mobile market, I don't think that device manufactures will dump them anytime soon. If you are looking at re-doing the compiler for V3 then you might also want to consider other devices like the DS-Lite which is about to have a new revision released, as well as the GP2X devices. I would love to be able to develop homebrew for as many devices as possible! :) Don't know how easy it would be for you to incorporate different devices into the compiler though? Personally, I don’t think that we will see the end of the Windows mobile platform for a while yet.

M/S will squeeze every cent out of licensing from all the device/phone manufactures and will not easily roll over and play dead.

Hopefully there will be a new release of Windows Mobile once Windows 7 has been released.

Granted there are 5 players in the mobile market now (Microsoft, RIM/Blackberry, Symbian, Nokia and Android/Google) and even though Microsoft does not own much of the mobile market, I don’t think that device manufactures will dump them anytime soon.

If you are looking at re-doing the compiler for V3 then you might also want to consider other devices like the DS-Lite which is about to have a new revision released, as well as the GP2X devices. I would love to be able to develop homebrew for as many devices as possible! :)

Don’t know how easy it would be for you to incorporate different devices into the compiler though?

]]> By: Alain Deschenes http://arianesoft.ca/blog/future-features-of-ppl-20/comment-page-1/#comment-23 Alain Deschenes Thu, 09 Oct 2008 18:24:54 +0000 http://arianesoft.ca/blog/?p=108#comment-23 Steve, The idea of porting PPL to the Pandora is very attracting and could serve as a Linux port at the same time. I have been reading about the Pandora development for about a year now. I have a GP2X at home that I've used quite a lot. Financially, it is out the of the question for now but PPL 3.0 is going to focus on a complete rewrite of the compiler/interpreter, so it will be a good time to make them more portable. Steve,

The idea of porting PPL to the Pandora is very attracting and could serve as a Linux port at the same time. I have been reading about the Pandora development for about a year now. I have a GP2X at home that I’ve used quite a lot.

Financially, it is out the of the question for now but PPL 3.0 is going to focus on a complete rewrite of the compiler/interpreter, so it will be a good time to make them more portable.

]]> By: guest http://arianesoft.ca/blog/future-features-of-ppl-20/comment-page-1/#comment-22 guest Thu, 09 Oct 2008 17:04:55 +0000 http://arianesoft.ca/blog/?p=108#comment-22 "and will focus less on Windows Mobile development. The platform is really going downhill, we hope it will have a second life if Microsoft wants it to." Hi, I have used various PDAs in the past, starting with a Palm III, Sony Clie, Tapwave Zodiac, changing to the Windows Mobile Platform using a Dell X50v. I'm a Delphi programmer and interested in using PPL in the future, but I can also see the end of the Windows Mobile platform coming. I've found a new hardware and software platform that you might have heard about, the Open Pandora project. http://www.openpandora.org It's an incredible machine with really advanced specs, the initial batch of around 3-4000 machines have been sold out, and mostly to experienced enthusiasts. I wonder if PPL could be ported to produce native arm-code for the Pandora. While 4000 sold units does not sound as impressive as many more Dell and HP devices, out of these 4000 there are 4000 computer experts, 4000 old school retrocomputer enthusiasts, there's already an active scene e.g. http://www.gp32x.com and I see a lot of potential for PPL there. I'd appreciate your thoughts about the technical and also financial possibility to achieve that. Thanks, Steve “and will focus less on Windows Mobile development. The platform is really going downhill, we hope it will have a second life if Microsoft wants it to.”

Hi,

I have used various PDAs in the past, starting with a Palm III, Sony Clie, Tapwave Zodiac, changing to the Windows Mobile Platform using a Dell X50v.

I’m a Delphi programmer and interested in using PPL in the future, but I can also see the end of the Windows Mobile platform coming.

I’ve found a new hardware and software platform that you might have heard about, the Open Pandora project. http://www.openpandora.org
It’s an incredible machine with really advanced specs, the initial batch of around 3-4000 machines have been sold out, and mostly to experienced enthusiasts.

I wonder if PPL could be ported to produce native arm-code for the Pandora. While 4000 sold units does not sound as impressive as many more Dell and HP devices, out of these 4000 there are 4000 computer experts, 4000 old school retrocomputer enthusiasts, there’s already an active scene e.g. http://www.gp32x.com
and I see a lot of potential for PPL there.

I’d appreciate your thoughts about the technical and also financial possibility
to achieve that.

Thanks,
Steve

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