Maybe they should have used B4X (B4A and B4i)

[Peter Simpson]

I read this article and found it extremely interesting, what do you think?

https://www.theregister.co.uk/2019/08/16/dropbox_gives_up_on_sharing_c_code_between_ios_and_android

Enjoy...

 

[BillMeyer]

Somebody stole the light at the end of the tunnel because they still have not seen it !!

 

[Alexander Stolte]

Somebody stole the light at the end of the tunnel because they still have not seen it !!

because there are certainly a few specialists who believe that "basic" is not a programming language...

 

[AnandGupta]

I think they are using C++ of Visual Studio Express, the free one.
They are trying to save bucks but wants benefits of both worlds !!

Regards,

Anand

 

[SayCheese]

the overhead of writing code twice is less than the cost of making code-sharing work.

I think this line says it all.
A company like dropbox must never do concessions. They have resources so yes, in this case: better write twice. The product benefits from it.

 

[Jmu5667]

because there are certainly a few specialists who believe that "basic" is not a programming language...

Off topic, https://www.itprotoday.com/windows-defender-beta-2-review, windows defender v1.0 written in VB !