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Author Topic: Unix or Mac OS support?  (Read 1114 times)
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« on: November 06, 2009, 07:23:51 PM »
I know this is the wrong forum to be asking about this in, but something tells me I don't want to post where my topic will end up on page ten in 30 seconds. I know this is probably an old question, asked countless times, but will a unix or mac version be created, OSX or otherwise? Who's developing this? FreeBASIC has been around for a while, so it bothers me that Windows and Linux are the only supported operating systems for a technically cross-platform language. Are there plans for OSX? Is there a beta or something?
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« Reply #1 on: November 07, 2009, 10:18:00 AM »
IIRC, there's a port to FreeBSD (Unix-ish). After all, it's pretty close to Linux. OS X is built on Darwin, which is derived from FreeBSD. But there are some issues, such as the fact that no Dev has a mac to test on, and there would be a lot to do for setting up graphics that FBC normally takes for granted. Doable, but the combination of limited Mac access, low man-power, and a large list of other stuff to be fixed is pretty much keeping it from happening.
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« Reply #2 on: November 07, 2009, 03:47:04 PM »
So it is possible? FreeBSD seems to be the closest thing to unix these days, so could the compiler be run on a mac?
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« Reply #3 on: November 07, 2009, 05:43:00 PM »
I don't think so. There are no active developers on FB right now bringing in new features, just some minor bug fixing. I doubt that the language will evolve much beyond its current state.
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« Reply #4 on: November 07, 2009, 05:48:35 PM »
It is possible, but there are many snags. For example, Cocoa won't work for FB, but Carbon should in theory with a lot of work and elbow grease.
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« Reply #5 on: November 09, 2009, 06:09:27 PM »
Quote from: Mitchell on November 07, 2009, 05:48:35 PM
It is possible, but there are many snags. For example, Cocoa won't work for FB, but Carbon should in theory with a lot of work and elbow grease.
Wh- what exactly are you trying to say? Is it a recipe?
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« Reply #6 on: November 09, 2009, 06:25:29 PM »
Carbon is to OS X as Windows API is to the Windows OS. As for Cocoa, I don't think there's a fitting analogy. AFAIK, Cocoa doesn't work for C or C++, it works with Objective C. That's a very far stretch to FreeBASIC, unlike good ol' C.
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« Reply #7 on: November 10, 2009, 12:02:56 AM »
Mmmmmm.....cocoa..... (Homer Simpson voice)
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« Reply #8 on: November 10, 2009, 05:24:38 PM »
Alright, carbon sounds good then. Why do FreeBASIC games have to use the Apple API though? DOS programs don't use the Windows API, and they run just fine. Would it be possible to compile with FB-BSD on a Mac? If so, how?
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« Reply #9 on: November 10, 2009, 05:37:28 PM »
AFAIK, everything needs an API, although the compiler user may never see it.

And FreeBSD programs won't work on a Mac, unfortunately. It's close(r), but still a jump.
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« Reply #10 on: November 11, 2009, 12:43:57 PM »
Hmm... So, is there a kind of low level unix that things can be compiled to that will work for OSX, FreeBSD and linux?
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