The end of OS9 development

[Stephen Barncard]

>why can't RunRev use the last CodeWarrior version to build Rev 2.7 for OS9?

	Probably because they used to use CW for everything, saw the 
change coming, and moved to *something else* to cover the most used 
platforms. This could involve a lot of customization of libraries and 
rewriting glue code.

Cross-platform engine building is not a trivial task. There's a lot 
to 'hook up'.

	I would guess that the *something else* they make the engine 
with now would be an expandable, robust team-oriented system with 
modules to create code for different platforms/processors. I'm 
figuring that the OS9 module for *something else* was not available 
at the time they switched systems, and got the module late or had one 
developed.

	In order to efficiently make and market a cross-platform 
product such as Rev, feature synchronization is very important. I've 
noticed there don't seem to be too many platform-specific problems 
lately - the problems seem to track over the Mac/PC void.

	Using the OLD CodeWarrior now would be a maintenance 
nightmare. The Rev team need that "write once, use anywhere" thing 
too.

sqb


>Mark,
>
>why can't RunRev use the last CodeWarrior version to build Rev 2.7 
>for OS9? I am sure they bought the last CodeWarrior version for OS9 
>before the cancellation by Freescale. Is there any reason why they 
>can't use that version?
>
>Cheers
>andre
>

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