C\C++ & SDL

[Bert Freudenberg]

On 07.08.2011, at 20:02, mustafa nematallah wrote:

> Hi
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> i think OLPC should support programming in C\C++

You can write Sugar activities in any language that has D-Bus and X11 bindings:

http://wiki.sugarlabs.org/go/Development_Team/Low-level_Activity_API

What else do you think OLPC should do to "support" C or C++?

> i'm sure many students can learn to program C++\C and SDL on XO laptops
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> if you need i can start some simple tuts on SDL and C++ for the OLPC and i can try to help port an IDE for C\C++\Python\etc.... too
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> another thing
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> i think AMDs new fusion processors can help make XOs better as they are quite cheap, consume less power (and give less heat) and also they dont need a northbridge as they contain the Graphics chip and memory controller

OLPC is currently working on the ARM-based XO-1.75, using much less power than Fusion:

http://wiki.laptop.org/go/XO-1.75

- Bert -