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CBFalconer va escriure:
> You claim your system runs on W98. W98 runs on a '486.
> Therefore it obviously must run your system.
Ehem, sorry for the noise, but no, it is not 'obvious'.
As a counter-example, 486 did not include MMX extensions. So any program
compiled for MMX exclusively will fail to run on such a processor; yet you
can compile such a program to target Win98, provided of course you
advertise
the need to use MMX-enabled processors.
You are saying that such a program cannot claim to run on [MMX-enabled]
W98,
but I see no reason to forbid such a claim.
Similarly, a program which requires much memory won't run on a lower end
'486 (even if using swap disk, because the size of the swap is limited by
disk size, which is typically quite limited too...) Are you saying it is
forbidden to claim that the memory-hungry program can run on W98?
Similarly, if an IDE is designed to use at least 800×600 [...]
My understanding is that "runs on XXX" advertising means the exact
opposite
of your above point: it really means any version less than XXX will not
work
(or is not sup****ted).
As an example, "this program needs a C90 compiler" usually means it is
intended to be a conforming program, it does not mean it is intended to be
strictly conforming, or even that it should work with ANY C90 compliant
compiler.
Having said that, I recognize that if a given C IDE does not run on a
'486,
this limitation should be advertised as such, and voilą.
Antoine
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