Re: [fpc-pascal] Windows Phone 8 + pascal

2012-06-25 Thread waldo kitty
On 6/25/2012 05:12, michael.vancann...@wisa.be wrote: On Mon, 25 Jun 2012, Sven Barth wrote: Why does "COM-based + .NET-like metadata" imply that it's not native code? The core libraries are written in either C or C++ and the metadata is needed so that runtimes like .NET and languages like JavaS

Re: [fpc-pascal] Windows Phone 8 + pascal

2012-06-25 Thread Sven Barth
On 25.06.2012 13:21, michael.vancann...@wisa.be wrote: On Mon, 25 Jun 2012, Sven Barth wrote: it as native. I guess it is faster than .NET code because it is not managed. I thought that .NET allows non-managed code, too. Why does "COM-based + .NET-like metadata" imply that it's not native c

RE : [fpc-pascal] Windows Phone 8 + pascal

2012-06-25 Thread Ludo Brands
>> >> A typelib importer is already in svn. > Which won't be of much use for WinRT as this metadata is > based on the metadata that .NET assemblies already use and not on IDL. >From .net assemblies a TLB type library can be extracted with the regasm or tlbexp .net tools. The typelib importer read

Re: [fpc-pascal] Windows Phone 8 + pascal

2012-06-25 Thread michael . vancanneyt
On Mon, 25 Jun 2012, Sven Barth wrote: it as native. I guess it is faster than .NET code because it is not managed. I thought that .NET allows non-managed code, too. Why does "COM-based + .NET-like metadata" imply that it's not native code? The core libraries are written in either C or C++

Re: [fpc-pascal] Windows Phone 8 + pascal

2012-06-25 Thread Sven Barth
Am 25.06.2012 11:48 schrieb "Marco van de Voort" : > > In our previous episode, Sven Barth said: > > > says that WinRT is a COM-based API and uses a .NET-like metadata format. > > > So it is not native code after all then. I don't know why they advertised > > it as native. I guess it is faster than

Re: [fpc-pascal] Windows Phone 8 + pascal

2012-06-25 Thread Sven Barth
Am 25.06.2012 11:12 schrieb : > > > > On Mon, 25 Jun 2012, Sven Barth wrote: > >> Am 24.06.2012 22:59 schrieb "Juha Manninen" : >>> >>> >>> On Sun, Jun 24, 2012 at 8:57 PM, Sven Barth >> >> wrote: I believe they'll mostly go through the WinRT, which is Microsoft's new >> >> API pet

Re: [fpc-pascal] Windows Phone 8 + pascal

2012-06-25 Thread Marco van de Voort
In our previous episode, Sven Barth said: > > says that WinRT is a COM-based API and uses a .NET-like metadata format. > > So it is not native code after all then. I don't know why they advertised > it as native. I guess it is faster than .NET code because it is not > managed. I thought that .NET a

Re: [fpc-pascal] Windows Phone 8 + pascal

2012-06-25 Thread michael . vancanneyt
On Mon, 25 Jun 2012, Sven Barth wrote: Am 24.06.2012 22:59 schrieb "Juha Manninen" : On Sun, Jun 24, 2012 at 8:57 PM, Sven Barth wrote: I believe they'll mostly go through the WinRT, which is Microsoft's new API pet project. Thanks. I didn't even know about this WinRT. New technologi

Re: [fpc-pascal] Windows Phone 8 + pascal

2012-06-25 Thread Sven Barth
Am 24.06.2012 22:59 schrieb "Juha Manninen" : > > On Sun, Jun 24, 2012 at 8:57 PM, Sven Barth wrote: >> >> I believe they'll mostly go through the WinRT, which is Microsoft's new API pet project. > > > Thanks. I didn't even know about this WinRT. New technologies are appearing all the time. > > Pa

RE : [fpc-pascal] Windows Phone 8 + pascal

2012-06-24 Thread Ludo Brands
> Page http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Windows_RunTime > says that WinRT is a COM-based API and uses a .NET-like > metadata format. > So it is not native code after all then. I don't know why > they advertised it as native. I guess it is faster than .NET > code because it is not managed. I thought

Re: [fpc-pascal] Windows Phone 8 + pascal

2012-06-24 Thread Juha Manninen
On Sun, Jun 24, 2012 at 8:57 PM, Sven Barth wrote: > I believe they'll mostly go through the WinRT, which is Microsoft's new > API pet project. > Thanks. I didn't even know about this WinRT. New technologies are appearing all the time. Page http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Windows_RunTime says that

Re: [fpc-pascal] Windows Phone 8 + pascal

2012-06-24 Thread Sven Barth
On 24.06.2012 15:39, Juha Manninen wrote: *In a CNN news page http://edition.cnn.com/2012/06/20/tech/mobile/windows-phone-8-microsoft/index.html I found* that Windows Phone 8 will support native C code. That means it will support also native pascal code. Does anyone know how is it done in practic