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Re: Porting from Linux to MacOS

Subject: Re: Porting from Linux to MacOS
From: Burger <email@hidden>
Date: Mon, 18 Dec 2000 14:42:14 -0800
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> From: email@hidden
> Organization: 666Mhz
> Reply-To: email@hidden
> Date: Mon, 18 Dec 2000 09:38:02 -0500
> To: email@hidden
> Subject: Porting from Linux to MacOS
>
> Hi,
> I'm currently devellopping programs on linux... I always had macintoshes at
> home but I bought a PC for devellopping under linux... Now I would like to
> port
> my OpenGL programs to the Macintosh... I have a version of CodeWarrior, with
> powerplant and such things, but I never really programmed on the macintosh...
>
> My C++ code is supposedly open platform, standard, etc...
> What are the things I should know in order to port my program to the MacOS?
> I already have a hand on OpenGL SDK from apple...
>
> Thanks,
> Simon
> --

The number one issue is byte swapping. Far too many people assume that 16
and 32 bit values can be read from a file directly into int's and short's.
This is no longer the case. The bytes are reversed on PowerPC/680x0
processors. (Floats and doubles too).

Burger

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