Re: Metro style
Posted: Fri Sep 28, 2012 11:29 am
I have not offended anyone ... just played around with you, I know you (virtually) to how long? (10 years?) I can't make a joke with friends?
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WinRT is a new set of APIs that have the following properties:
It implements the new Metro look.
Has a simple UI programming model for Windows developers (You do not need to learn Win32, what an HDC, WndProc or LPARAM is).
It exposes the WPF/Silverlight XAML UI model to developers.
The APIs are all designed to be asynchronous.
It is a sandboxed API, designed for creating self-contained, AppStore-ready applications. You wont get everything you want to create for example Backup Software or Hard Disk Partitioning software.
The API definitions is exposed in the ECMA 335 metadata format (the same one that .NET uses, you can find those as ".winmd" files).
What I mean is:
We should be able to execute Harbour from a terminal in WinRT. Compile a PRG and make it run from WinRT itself.
Simplicity. Isn't it the point ?