I do know FreePascal ports to most common OSs, including Windows, Mac, and Linux. I was surprised their "lazarus" GUI IDE has so many downloads per week. You can compile from source to most "target" OSs from code. A ton of switches for the compiler. So I think if you have an algorithm, you can cross compile. Iznogoud wrote: > You are welcome; glad to shed some light on some things. > > Codeweavers is a great place to work, I am sure. Jeremy White (founder and > possibly CEO) is a nice guy and I have met him. My understanding is that what > other companies do not want to do with porting, they delegate (for pay) to > them. An example is ImageLine, a company that makes software music sequencers > and synthesizers. Their 'de facto" port of "FL Studio" to Linux and Mac is > based on the Codeweavers' software "Crossover." They are just off 280 by the > UofM campus. > > (So much good stuff in MN...) > > With WINE/Crossover, it almost makes no sense to build native Linux applications > and simply make them for Windows. This way, one is almost guaranteed that it > will run on Windows and Mac effortlessly. > > _______________________________________________ > TCLUG Mailing List - Minneapolis/St. Paul, Minnesota > tclug-list at mn-linux.org > http://mailman.mn-linux.org/mailman/listinfo/tclug-list >