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Is it possible to compile Objective-C code on a PC?

I would like to start learning Objective-C for future iOS development. I understand that there are many large hurdles in getting an iPhone app to work on a PC but I’m trying to avoid all of that and just get familiar with the Objective-C language itself without all of the added mobile features. Is there…

Porting my PyGtk 3 app to Win32

I recently made my first app with pygtk using Anjuta. It works well under Linux, so it’s time to share it with relatives and friends. I installed Python, pygtk and the Gtk all-in-one bundle (Cairo, pyGobject ect) on windows and tried to run it. I had an error saying self.builder.add_from_file(UI_FILE) D…

Maven Multiple platform dependent Packages

I have written an application in Java that can be used on both Linux and Windows. Currently by running mvn package, my maven build system will generate a .msi using WiX. Is there a way of creating two package ‘tasks’ so I can say either mvn package-windows ormvn package-linux` Answer If you want t…

Why is import of SQL so slow?

I have an SQL file containing two tables with around 600,000 rows altogether. Yesterday, I tried to import the file into my MySQL database on Fedora 16, and it took over 2 hours to import the file. On my Windows PC it took 7 minutes. My Linux and Windows machines have exactly the same hardware. A couple of my…