[M3devel] More testing needed for m3back, was: RE: m3back/longint/atomics

[Jay K]

Henrik, if you won't install anything, then you can't test anything.

Modula-3 is not going to break your XP install.

Nor is Visual C++.

 

> machine is A 32-bit intel, and so it just might not be relevant to 
> testing 64-bit LONGINT.


False!

LONGINT is 64bits on all platforms.

We have no 64bit Windows target currently.

 

 - Jay

 
> Date: Thu, 18 Feb 2010 06:51:17 -0500
> From: hendrik at topoi.pooq.com
> To: m3devel at elegosoft.com
> Subject: Re: [M3devel] More testing needed for m3back, was: RE: m3back/longint/atomics
> 
> On Thu, Feb 18, 2010 at 12:57:34PM +0100, Olaf Wagner wrote:
> > If I understand Jay correctly, it wouldn't be too difficult to bring
> > the m3ack LONGINT changes for Windows into the release branch, but
> > more testing would be needed.
> >
> > Randy, you're the only one I remember offhand who actively uses M3
> > on Windows except for Jay. Could you have a closer look at it?
> > (Changes are only on the trunk right now.)
> >
> > Or is anybody else here lurking and eager to do some Windows-based tests?
> >
> > If nobody volunteers, I'm afraid we will have to release without 64bit
> > LONGINT on Windows.
> 
> I'm somewhat interested in getting my programs working on Windows, but I 
> haven't yet installed *anything* on the pristine XP on my netbook. I'm 
> hesitant about connecting it to the net; the only antivirus I have is 
> refraining from using Windows, and it works fairly well(!). As far as I 
> know, I have no way of reinstalling Windows if my Windows is damaged.
> 
> I/m mostly interested in getting my software into a state where Windows 
> nonprogrammers can use it; I use Linux myself.
> 
> What would I need to do (from scratch; I'm not a Windows user; I just 
> happened not to delete Windows when I installed Linux)? The 
> machine is A 32-bit intel, and so it just might not be relevant to 
> testing 64-bit LONGINT.
> 
> -- hendrik
 		 	   		  
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