[PD-dev] [GEM] more on YUV (was: postrendering crashes)

[guenter geiger]

On Tue, 24 Dec 2002, chris clepper wrote:
> >i will not have linux-only or macOS-only stuff in Gem as it is.
>
> i just don't see how that's possible to maintain.  osx is not linux
> which is not windows, so there has to be some things that can be done
> on one platform and not another.  otherwise GEM just becomes a lowest
> common denominator of these platforms, and not a full featured app on
> any of them.  if you don't take advantage of the strengths that each
> platform has, then why even bother making the app run on it in the
> first place?

I do not see why there should be things that can be done on one
platform and on the other not. Actually I think that platform independency
is very important for GEM.

I am not a specialist in graphics, but for me, YUV,RGB etc is just a
different way of handling images, which boils down to additions,
multiplications, etc...

Can you explain how the Operating System comes into play here ?
Or is it the processor rater ?

Greetings,

Guenter