Hello, Wirt.

At 09:54 PM 8-4-98 EDT, Wirt Atmar wrote:
>Thus the choices are:
>     1. Compatible everywhere -- but slower everywhere.
>     2. Run only on 95/98/NT -- but substantially faster.

It seems to me that the disk space consumed by the app isn't going to
significantly different from the point of view of current disk costs, so
that's a wash.

Personally, I think those people using Win 3.x are probably already using
some kind of HP termulator, or they don't need them.  Win 3.x has been
basically obsolete for 3 years now...  I don't see it as a substantial
fraction of your expected customer base, but I might be wrong.

On the other hand, the efficient use of CPU cycles is still something I
consider worthwhile.  I believe that option two to give the greatest
benefit to the most folks. [Which is something I think of as the "Zeroth
Principle" per a concept from Isaac Asimov's novel "Robots and Empire", if
I recall correctly which in the series, though Spock sums it nicely at the
end of "Wrath of Khan".  So sue me for being a SciFi fan.  ;]

However, having suggested optimal code for Win 9x/NT as my choice, perhaps
the best solution is to build the app with both tools and let the folks
downloading it choose which to use.  Of course, this assumes that the code
base can be feasibly maintained to be compatible with both build
environments.
--
Jeff Woods
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