Portability
Portability is hindered by:
- Different processors
- Different operating systems
- Different development tools and libraries
Porability can be enhanced by:
- Using only standard features
- Avoiding exotic and cutting edge features (even if standard)
- Avoiding undocumented features
- Not depending on binary formats and the host's byte order
- Using only standard or portable libraries
- Storing data in plain text files, possibly with XML markup