clipka wrote:
> Am 07.01.2011 08:30, schrieb Nekar Xenos:
> 
>> Hmm, I wonder if it would be possible to port Pov-Ray to X-Box ;)
> 
> I bet.
> 
> Essentially all you'd need is a C++ compiler for that thing, then you're 
> in business. Would need a new front-end of course - I don't think the 
> X-Box knows what a command line is; or does it, Darren?

Honestly, all I've touched is the XNA, which is only C# (because it's 
safety-enforced and controlled), not C++. The commercial companies are using 
C++ for games like Batman or Half-Life, of course, but I think to do that 
you need like a special XBox that doesn't enforce the security, along with 
I'm sure complex contracts with Microsoft to get one and such. (That's how 
the other platforms work, at least.)

Given that, I don't know if it has a CLI or not. On the other hand, I'm not 
sure why you'd need a CLI anyway.  And given that, a GUI with a text-entry 
box is a CLI. :-)

But I don't know if the XBox is running something like a Windows shell or 
CLI inside, or whether the shell is canibalized enough that you only get the 
dashboard even while you're developing.

-- 
Darren New, San Diego CA, USA (PST)
   Serving Suggestion:
     "Don't serve this any more. It's awful."

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