Portability issues

One important goal for the Taligent Application Environment is portability to a wide variety of processor architectures. Experience shows that achieving portability takes diligence and hard work. As you develop your application, be careful not to leave traps that will cause your code to stumble when it moves to another platform. This chapter contains some important rules for achieving a smooth transition between platforms.

Language and hardware assumptions
Synchronization
Portable data
Assembly language
Nonportable code

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