Re:Checked C
by johncolanduoni on Tuesday June 14, 2016 @07:23PM
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> How many startups have been killed by other corporations, including Google, FB and friends?
Yeah, that's why I said "Microsoft or anyone else". The only other time I mentioned Microsoft was in reference to RoboVM, which doesn't have much to do with Google or Facebook.
> The RoboVM situation, while unfortunate is a lesson for people not to rely on proprietary tooling for portable projects.
I agree, but the fact that RoboVM started off open source with a GPL licensed compiler was one of the main reasons I chose it. It's my own fault I didn't look to see how contributions were structured, or notice that very little code came from outside RoboVM, sure. That's why I'm advising caution in similar situations.
The RoboVM situation, while unfortunate is a lesson for people not to rely on proprietary tooling for portable projects.
While I mostly code on JVM and .NET languages during the day, I use C++ for my hobby projects on mobile OSes.
The reason being that C++ is an open standard and officially supported in all SDKs, no need for third party layers like RoboVM.
A few similar lessons with my time spent on programming languages that weren't first party on platform SDKs, made me always choose first party languages, if I have decision power in the selection process.