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by Kilmatead
2008 Oct 09, 19:26
Forum: xplorer² Professional
Topic: Size Doesn't Matter, She Said Sesquipedalianistically...
Replies: 5
Views: 1256

Size Doesn't Matter, She Said Sesquipedalianistically...

I like obscure post-titles.  The world needs more of this sort of thing to annoy the straight laced behaviour Nazi's who believe moderation is not only for wine.  Men were not born to grow up to be concise automatons. I'm unsure if this is related to x86, x64, x86 on x64, 11th century theology or ma...
by Kilmatead
2008 Oct 05, 13:03
Forum: xplorer² Professional
Topic: Oliver is Alive and Well and Singing for his Dinner...
Replies: 2
Views: 1766

Oliver is Alive and Well and Singing for his Dinner...

One of the common difficulties developers seem to encounter for Windows-oriented machines is the wide (and almost insurmountable) gulf of hardware that's out there.  Just when you've got your filesystem happily buzzing away, there will inevitably come a cry from the balcony whingeing about why his N...
by Kilmatead
2008 Oct 01, 08:57
Forum: xplorer² Professional
Topic: say hello to 64 bit
Replies: 21
Views: 29547

just to clarify i don't stick with VS6 because i'm cheap (i have VS2007) Wasn't implying anything, VS2008 was more of a suggestion for financially dodgy yet interested hobbyists who are frustrated with the 'Express' version's lack of x64 compilation and absent MFC support.  Ever tried to create (le...
by Kilmatead
2008 Sep 30, 13:37
Forum: xplorer² Professional
Topic: say hello to 64 bit
Replies: 21
Views: 29547

For example, serious amateur and professional photographers have the need. Granted, and video editors, CAD, high-def porn mongers, virtualization gurus, all are happier in the brave new world of "more memory than we really need." Not unrelated to this, due to that recognition, how many ye...
by Kilmatead
2008 Sep 30, 12:46
Forum: xplorer² Professional
Topic: say hello to 64 bit
Replies: 21
Views: 29547

...but i think the problem is in the porting process. Quite true, but that's why God invented #pragma - to prevent people having anything better to do on Sunday afternoons. Being a Medievalist myself, I'm the last person to advocate change; I treasure my copy of Kernighan & Ritchie and personal...
by Kilmatead
2008 Sep 30, 07:31
Forum: xplorer² Professional
Topic: say hello to 64 bit
Replies: 21
Views: 29547

it looks like i'll manage to get by using my trusty VS6. Perhaps next week I'll blog about the 64 bit compilation process For testing purposes (and just fun), the Academic Version of VS2008 is available from Amazon.  Quite inexpensive (regarding the commercial version) it can only be used for non-p...