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{{short description|Software abstraction layer}}

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A '''cross-platform support middleware''' (CPSM) is a software [[abstraction layer]] that guarantees the existence, and correct implementation, of a set of services on top a set of [[Platform (computing)|platforms]].<ref>{{cite web|first=Patricio|last=Zavolinsky|url=http://materias.fi.uba.ar/7500/zavolinsky-tesisdegradoingenieriainformatica.pdf|title=Abstracción en el desarrollo de software independiente de la plataforma: Análisis del proceso de desarrollo de Cross-Platform Support Middlewares (spanish)|accessdate=2008-09-25|publisher=Universidad de Buenos Aires, Argentina}}</ref>

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A '''cross-platform support middleware''' (CPSM) is a software [[abstraction layer]] that guarantees the existence, and correct implementation, of a set of services on top a set of [[Platform (computing)|platforms]].<ref>{{cite web|first=Patricio|last=Zavolinsky|url=http://materias.fi.uba.ar/7500/zavolinsky-tesisdegradoingenieriainformatica.pdf|title=Abstracción en el desarrollo de software independiente de la plataforma: Análisis del proceso de desarrollo de Cross-Platform Support Middlewares (spanish)|accessdate=2008-09-25|publisher=Universidad de Buenos Aires, Argentina|archive-date=2009-04-11|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090411100126/http://materias.fi.uba.ar/7500/zavolinsky-tesisdegradoingenieriainformatica.pdf|url-status=dead}}</ref>

==Abstraction method==

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The second method takes advantage of the [[filesystem]] organization to divide the source code in different folders, one for each incompatible platform. Thus delegating the selection problem to the [[build system]].

Some distributions like [[MSYS]] and [[Cygwin]] may help build the cross-platform code in a [[Unix-like]] environment even on Microsoft Windows. Both distributions provide a decent version of [[GNU Make]] that can direct the build process in a cross-platform fashion.

==See also==

* [[Adaptive Communication Environment]]

* [[Netscape portable runtime]]

* [[Simple DirectMedia layer]]

* [[wxWidgets]]

* [[Boost C++ libraries]]

* [[GTK+]]

* [[Netscape portablePortable runtimeRuntime]]

* [[Simple DirectMedia layerLayer]]

* [[wxWidgets]]

==References==