[aplusdev] A+ vs. K

[John.Mizel at msdw.com]

Some optimizations are in the source tree and others weren't distributed.  
I do plan to assemble documentation that provides an overview of the
internals.

We don't plan to port to NT or W2K.  The core interpreter compiles on
these platforms, but there are many unix dependencies in the other
components.

Regards,
John

On Tue, 30 Jan 2001, Olivier Lefevre wrote:

> > if you mean the interpreter as distinct from the screen and such 
> 
> Thanks. Yes that's what I meant, although I do realize that the 
> A+/K GUI paradigm makes that distinction less valid than in most 
> languages.
> 
> > Most of the interpreter development in recent years has involved
> > optimizing for specific architectures [...]
> 
> Is that sort of stuff in the public source tree? And is there a "The
> Implementation of A+" (or some such) white paper offering an
> overview of the internals?
> 
> OTOH, I am surprised by the lack of a Windows version. I know 
> A+ is used (amongst other things) to deliver applications to end-
> users and I would have thought that forcing them to use Exceed
> to access some Unix-only apps doesn't go down very well those
> days. Will that change in the foreseable future? You mentioned
> "other porting efforts" in your lists of recent developments. Is an
> NT or W2K port on that list?
> 
> Regards,
> 
> -- O.L.
> 
>