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<font size="+1">Hello,<br>
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i am looking into Pocket PC's and am wanting to better understand the
options for programming on them. python is what im most familiar with
on dekstops, but still am not a programmer, i like that it is portable
and so on, so id like to be able to program on my pocket PC but have
the program be as cross platform as possible, i dont fully understand
what all the differences betweeen PythonCE and Python for the desktop
mean in relation to how it would affect the portability of the
programs, so i am wondering about that..<br>
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also is PythonCE continually and currently being developed?<br>
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what all are my options for programming on Pocket PC's for a variety of
platforms or where is the best place to look? it looks like various
microsoft things are used alot for pocket PC's but it sounds like they
are very platform restricted and so not at all what im interested in.<br>
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ive also seen a couple things like Pocket Programming Language and
Go-DB, but i am not familiar enough with programming languages to
udnerstand what all these are capable of, and i would of course prefer
something that doest cost money.<br>
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things i might program would range so i cant really specify what
exactly id be interested in, but i would like to be able to program on
a Pocket PC for something that is intended for a Desktop, so if i came
up with some kind of program suited directly to an individual need of
say a store, i would like to be able to program for it on the pocket PC
even if its something that no Pocket PC would ever use, is this
possible?<br>
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i dont want to be limited and would want the program to work on as wide
a range of things as possible, the Pocket PC as well as Linux/desktop
windows..<br>
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also i dont know all that much about pocket pc's at this point, i read
that one of the cons to consider for python is people having to
download it in order to run the program as well as the size, any
suggestions for better understanding all the consequences of this? and
affects of taking up the more space would take? <br>
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on the newer Pocket PC's that have 400Mhz or up to i think 600mhz(?)
is there alot of noticeable slowness with python being interpreted? or
how can i better understand to compare the possibilities that may be
open to me as far as programming on a pocket pc.<br>
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i am very new to pocket pc's and new to python as well but have read
some on it, but i really dont understand how it all works or the
differences at this point, for example there is a pocket pc program
called Pocket Artist that seems to me to have the main features one
would want from GIMP or Photoshop, yet it takes up like 4mb or
something? i dont understand how such a featurefull program can take up
such little space, and why then do desktop programs take up so much
more space?<br>
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if this is an improper place for these questions please let em know as
im not sure where to go with these questions exactly?<br>
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also if its okay to ask more genaric PPC question, as i do not
currently have a PPC is there a way to see on my desktop what it would
be like to use one, for example id like to better understand how web
surfing would look on one and it would be nice to be able to try like
the free trial of some softwares for PPC and see if it functions enough
for me, as i am looking into the possiblity of using a Pocket PC as my
main computer, which the uses i would want are email/web
surfing/programming/ visual communication/web design, and all of this
does look possible to suite what im looking for.<br>
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thank you - jason<br>
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