tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4238494280010469357.post7731981769701795535..comments2009-04-30T10:45:52.995+12:00OneSadCookiehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04354982399760362605noreply@blogger.comBlogger5125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4238494280010469357.post-83727559254346862762009-04-30T10:45:00.000+12:002009-04-30T10:45:00.000+12:00Objective C, C and C++ can be freely intermixed. Using Cocoa does not in any way prevent you from writing a cross-platform application.<br /><br />The Mac OS X version of SDL uses Cocoa, while presenting the same cross-platform C API, for example.<br /><br />The Mac OS X port of Quake 3 uses Cocoa, while sharing the entire game codebase with Windows and Linux.OneSadCookiehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04354982399760362605noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4238494280010469357.post-91570027050634952622009-03-23T12:47:00.000+13:002009-03-23T12:47:00.000+13:00<I>I can't use Objective-C to code games, then need to be able to run on other platforms.</I><BR/><BR/>Oh boy - is Apple <B>trying</B> to make it hard for people to cross-code? (possible end-result: fewer apps made for both Mac and Windows?)<BR/><BR/>I can sort of understand the reasoning behind the Carbon decision (that I know of, which is almost nothing) - it's a pain to maintain two sets of APIs, and there are some things that are accessible only in Carbon that Cocoa programmers would really like a "built-in" object-based interface to - or there was I forget what it was, but it may have been migrated over.<BR/><BR/>My original impression however, was that Cocoa objects were mainly wrappers that made calls <I>to</I> Carbon (or Foundation) routines. Is this no longer true, or is Apple just not going to expose the "underneath layer" anymore?<BR/><BR/>As for Quesa - I have no real comment. I looked at it a bit (about 5 or 6 years ago). My understanding was that - like QD3D, it was built for doing higher level things that OGL was (at the time). But OGL has evolved quite a bit from then..<BR/><BR/>AARGH - Is there is no way in Blogger to log-in for the first time, post a comment, AND select "email follow-up.." at the same time? (Hence the deleted comment above..)Jimhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10951570753949444116noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4238494280010469357.post-62529341037066301022009-03-23T12:45:00.000+13:002009-03-23T12:45:00.000+13:00This comment has been removed by the author.Jimhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10951570753949444116noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4238494280010469357.post-19178062961854392009-02-08T03:21:00.000+13:002009-02-08T03:21:00.000+13:00Well, if we can't use Carbon for games, then how can we code cross platform games?<BR/><BR/>The reason that I use Carbon is because a large amount of the code can be reused on Windows and Linux.<BR/>Without Carbon support I would have to use Cocoa, thereby relegating all the code to be Mac only.<BR/><BR/>Is there a way to still share the main C++ code base with Windows/Linux while using a small amount of Cocoa code?<BR/><BR/>I can't use Objective-C to code games, then need to be able to run on other platforms.Brock Woolfhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07995551309398290587noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4238494280010469357.post-72883805804291652312007-11-25T10:26:00.000+13:002007-11-25T10:26:00.000+13:00Ouch.<BR/><BR/>Still, consider the source. At least he’s taking some sort of positive action, even if it’s in the wrong direction.<BR/>&lt;/snark&gt;Ahrumanhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06270504794643860478noreply@blogger.com