Question about Apple support

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Question about Apple support

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Hi Folks -
I am a purebasic newbie, although I have a lot of programming experience. I am intending to build a game client, and I wanted to have it usable on Apple as well as windows. I was wondering how well the support for Purebasic is on Apple. Does it work pretty well, will the same code work (providing I don't get fancy with windows DLL's, etc.). I do plan on using Purebasic's network support, so I hope that will translate without much problem.
All in all I'm pretty impressed with PB. Back in the day I used to code in GFA BAsic on the Atari ST line, and PM reminds me of that.

Thanks!
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danwinslow wrote:... Back in the day I used to code in GFA BAsic on the Atari ST line, and PM reminds me of that.
I came also from that fine GFA BAsic, but dead. Yet, PB is very very good and your Q will most probably be possible. (I'm on the way learning something similar to create).
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It works very well, in my experience. There are some things that don't work, like the Drag and Drop library, but I've found the Network library works fine.
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wombats wrote:It works very well, in my experience. There are some things that don't work, like the Drag and Drop library, but I've found the Network library works fine.
I know i had issues with drag and drop on the 64 bit version of pb (Many quirks) but it works just fine here on the latest version of pb that I have, x86
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Thanks! Off to buy the latest version....
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danwinslow wrote:Off to buy the latest version....
Technically, you'll be buying a PureBasic licence, which grants access to every version ever released.
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