[Xastir-dev] Topic: Supported Platforms, Xastir-NG

[Curt, WE7U]

Here are the tendencies in this thread so far:


*) OO Design using UML (Unified Modeling Language), at least to the
   class and method level.

   Examples of UML tools:  bouml, argouml, eclipse, Oxygen, Dia.

   Tom: Must we all use the same UML tools?

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Language choice & supported platforms can wait until the UML design
well under way, but here are the tendencies along those lines:

*) C++ with STL.  Use only ANSI class libraries (no vendor-specific
   class libraries).

*) C libraries only where necessary, using C++ wrappers.

*) C++, Python, Java, and Ruby bindings for the client API.

*) Less dependence on external libraries, to control reliability/
   quality/maintainability.

*) Add a layer between the daemon and the database, to keep as much
   database-agnostic as possible.

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Objective-C:

There was one vote for Objective-C, which evidently is also
supported by GCC but has a lighter footprint than C++ or Java.
It's supposed to be simpler than C++.  Any opinions on this
language?

Can we do the same wrapper technique to use C libraries with
Objective-C?

Would we suffer any portability issues with Objective-C which we
wouldn't suffer with C++?

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Supported Platforms:

We need to choose our supported platforms, then select portable
libraries which also play on the same selection of platforms.

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Are there considerations which would limit our portability,
particularly to embedded Linux devices or even PDA's/Cell-phones?
How can we avoid these limitations?

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