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Re: [MiNT] C++



On Wed, 2013-11-06 at 00:38 +0100, Ole wrote:

>  Here are a few examples of software which is incomplete because 
>  FreeMiNT lacks shared libs:
> 
>  Lua (no pre-compiled modules) - the same goes for many other 
>  interpreters..., Apache (mod_xy...), pidgin, and I guess there
>  is more ;) Depending on the source code it is sometimes possible to 
>  enable these plugins at compile time and include them directly into the 
>  application. But that is not always the case, and when it is, it is not 
>  very comfortable ;)

You're right. Dynamically linked libraries makes it much easier to port
stuff like this. But it's pointless to do so without virtual memory.
None of the stuff you mention is usable in real life under MiNT because
of memory fragmentation.

Jo Even