Cross Platform

My pet peeve: calling a project that compiles in Windows and x86 Linux ‘Cross Platform’.

Technically it’s correct, yes it does compile on more than one platform. But for my uses converting to OS X a linux project that uses X11 and links to pre-compiled x86 Linux libraries isn’t straightforward. These projects don’t deserve to be called cross platform.

My ideal cross platform project: a project that has no pre-compiled code, libraries or otherwise. A project that has minimal dependancies or at least cross platform dependancies. A project written in standard C++ or similar (no ASM!).

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