C++ on Pocket PC? 16
hoibbes asks: "I was wondering if anyone knew of a C++ program for my Pocket PC. Now, I know that I will probably get quite a few replies saying Embedded Visual C++, and while they would be right, that is not what I am looking for. I am looking for a program that will let me write C++ code on my Pocket PC. So that while I am away on a trip I can still work on my code. I have been searching for a while now and have come up with nothing. I come to ask the help of Slashdot in a final attempt to find what I need."
Step away from the code! (Score:4, Insightful)
Re:Step away from the code! (Score:2)
Well... (Score:1)
Re:Well... (Score:1)
I can relate (Score:4, Insightful)
People wouldn't give you any flack if you wanted to write music or poetry or draw, or even numb your brain with a game of solitaire, but they'll see writing code as "working" (heavens!) instead of as doing something creative in an interesting medium, and think that makes you pretty weird.
If it does, at least you're not alone.
I will say, though, that I don't find writing C++ to be much fun compared to something like Lisp. The creativity I feel when writing code is degraded, not heightened, when I have to take care of menial chores like memory management. I wouldn't want to write C++ on a small device, either, because it requires so much source code to say anything, and then you have to juggle header files, and root around in a debugger to see what damage your C operations are doing to memory, etc. You need a lot of those things in front of you simultaneously to be productive.
I think that C++ on a pocket device wouldn't be worth doing (until we have full retinal scan displays), so I don't expect you to find much, but as
Re:I can relate (Score:2)
"I will say, though, that I don't find writing C++ to be much fun compared to something like Lisp. The creativity I feel when writing code is degraded, not heightened, when I have to take care of menial chores like memory management"
OK, the only Lisp experience I
I suggest this... (Score:1)
I suggest using the
Re:I suggest this... (Score:2)
Another option... (Score:1, Offtopic)
Re:Another option... (Score:2)
I tried hard to resist
As for the real topic
Do you want a compiler or an editor? (Score:4, Informative)
I'm not sure what you mean by "program."
However, you may wish to go PocketPC's Open Source Portal [palmopensource.com]. There you can get gcc (which includes g++ I suspect) or vim.
Re:Its called (Score:3, Informative)
Heck I have a Dell Latitude CPiA with a PII/366 CPU, 256M of RAM, 20G of drive space, 802.11b, a PCMCIA 10BaseT NIC and Modem, a 13" active matrix screen, and the whole thing weighs like 6lbs (3kg). Maybe with power adapter and nylon case it is 10lbs to
ummm (Score:2)
If you want to compile. you're probably out of luck.