Re: [MiNT] Re[3]: usage of wind_calc()

[Odd Skancke <ozk@atari.org>]

tor, 21,.07.2005 kl. 23.01 +0200, skrev Martin Elsässer:
> Hallo evan,
> 
> >So, are you suggesting we just not add anything new to the AES?
> 
> No! It's a good thing to add new features to the AES. But for applications
> that should support this features, it must give a way to run on other OS,
> where these features are missing.

 No, we MUST nothing. I wont consider paying for an OS that isnt
supported anymore just to write hacks for it. I'm sorry.

> 
> >Providing emulation of every new AES feature within the program is just
> >silly - its faster and less code to just not have the new features in
> >the first place if you are going to provide equivalent emulation code
> >anyway!
> 
> But this would be the only way for applications to run on OS without these
> new features. It must give a way, to implement new features to XaAES and
> build a - hopefully small - TSR which implements these features - or
> emulate them - on other OS. Than applications could use new features of a
> modern AES and could run on "older" OS.

 Nothing is stopping anyone from doing this, but it sure aint gonna be
me. I already feel like I'm not having time enough for XaAES, and MUST
nothing ;-)



 Regards,
Odd Skancke