dos on rockbox

[weehooherod]

There is a emulator called DosBox that can be ran on windows, macs, linux etc. I think it would be cool to port it to rockbox, the source is included in dosbox, and then we would be able to run dos applications/programs and such.

[fugot]

Is this a request or are you making an effort to port it?

[mcuelenaere]

I just looked at the source and as it's C++, I'm pretty sure it isn't allowed.

[gevaerts]

I don't think anyone objects to c++ for a plugin, it just will be very hard as there currently is no c++ runtime in rockbox

[LambdaCalculus]

That pretty much means an extensive porting to not only C, but to the Rockbox code base is in order.

[mcuelenaere]

That pretty much means an extensive porting to not only C, but to the Rockbox code base is in order.

I don't think anyone objects to c++ for a plugin, it just will be very hard as there currently is no c++ runtime in rockbox

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I'm not really 'into' C++, what runtime exactly will need to be ported? Some kind of libc++ (libg++? libstdc++?)?
Can't we just link to for example libstdc++.a ? Or is there some need for underlying functions to be implemented?
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