On Tue, Feb 22, 2011 at 07:32:58PM +0100, Nick Copeland wrote:
X11 hides the hardware and allows the app to be
independent of it, just as do
Jack for audio, sockets for networking, etc. Do you suggest that I should not
use Jack or sockets because e.g. Windows doesn't have them (natively) ?
Actually yes, I am suggesting you don't use Jack or Sockets if you want your app to
be
well written and portable.
...
No, Fons, you are mixing things up. Most systems do not even run X servers. Most
systems don't even run *nix.
OK, let's make a few thing clear. I write for Linux. This list
is called "Linux Audio Developers". I don't care a second if my
apps are not portable to OSX, windows, or whatever you like.
Ciao,
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FA