Re: Is Perl available for PalmOS?

[rchiav]

I'm guessing that perl on palmOS is going to become more possible with Perl6. Or rather, it's going to be more possible to port parrot to PalmOS and therefore allow a subset of Perl6 to run on PalmOS.

I'd think that a multi-language VM would end up with more support than a single language VM like Java.

[UberGeek]

For that matter, developing things in PalmOS 6 should be easier... the OS is getting a rewrite, basically...


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[elwarren]

Donning protective flame shield...

I used to prefer Palm, but they haven't done anything to improve their hardware or OS. I think they'd be dead if Sony hadn't started to breath new life into the hardware line.

When I switched to PocketPc there was no going back to Palm. Biggest reason: I want to multitask and do something else while I'm waiting for my email to download.

[UberGeek]

While I agree with the statement that Palm hasn't done anything to improve their hardware or OS, Handspring most certainly has (and Palm recently bought them).

Case in point: the Treo 600. I dropped my Palm Vx for this toy... then my cell phone... and my digital camera... pager... blackberry... MP3/Ogg player... and my watch.

In the bargain, I got a decent web browser, mobile AIM/MSM/YIM/ICQ/Jabber/IRC clients, multiple server SMTP & POP3, and VPN & SSH from anywhere with GPRS service...


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[QM]

Along those lines, see FlipStart.

[elwarren]

The Treo is an awesome machine. IMHO it is the first device I've seen that really got the form factor done right. I'm always looking to consolidate gadgets and I strongly considered going back to Palm when that was released.

Three things held me back from buying one:
• What if my palm wakes up and drains my battery, then I can't use the phone? Does this happen to you? I've never gotten an answer from anyone as to whether this could happen or not...
• No wifi.There has since been released an SDIO wifi card, dunno if anyone has tried it on a phone yet. I would have expected poor signal quality and power in such a small form factor but one of our clients uses the cards with ipaq hardware and they work very well.
• I'd like to think that I'll treat myself to upgrading one of my toys ever other year and this means a new phone or handheld, either of which would make the Treo a half useful brick. My service is through sprint and their phones are flashed, I don't have the luxury of being able to move my GSM chip from phone to phone. If I did, I'd have three or four phones to juggle depending on what hardware I expected to use or whether I wanted to travel light that day :-)