[Lazarus] Handheld development

[Mark Morgan Lloyd]

Felipe Monteiro de Carvalho wrote:

> About Lazarus running in Windows CE I think this wouldn't be useful,
> because the slower compilation and smaller screen would make
> development much slower then the few seconds necessary to copy the
> executable to the device via ActiveSync. Should be doable if you have
> a powerful WinCE system with normal screen and keyboard attached, but
> that is extremely rare.

I agree in the general case. However I can envisage situations where an 
embedded system developer would want to be able to run the IDE on the 
target system (if only to prove to the customer that /of/ /course/ there 
was a real computer in there :-) or where it was more convenient to run 
natively on an ARM-based CE system than cross on an x86-based NetBook.

Improbable, I grant, but not impossible. But you've no idea the sort of 
questions I get asked around here :-)

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Mark Morgan Lloyd
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