* On 2016 07 Apr 16:22 -0500, lstavenhagen wrote: > Hi Nate, > I wasn't aware the Windows version was still on x86, but I'm not terribly > surprised. It might look trivial from the outside looking in, but MS charges > a fortune for their dev tools. So maybe Elecraft isn't going to spring for > the X64/amd64 cross-compilers and libs until x86 emulation finally drops off > all the old Windows variants. And there may be portability issues that would > require extra work that we don't know about too.
Windows? I thought we were talking about Linux! At least that is what I inferred from the thread. I was specifically referring to the present Linux utility tarball on the Elecraft download page. It is for the i386 architecture only. > Not quite like gcc-based toolchains where you can find a backend for almost > any processor out there and it's free too.... That's what I was referring to. > Still looks like the Rasperry Pi is an interesting device... Yes, it does have limitations that are discussed elsewhere. 73, Nate -- "The optimist proclaims that we live in the best of all possible worlds. The pessimist fears this is true." Ham radio, Linux, bikes, and more: http://www.n0nb.us ______________________________________________________________ Elecraft mailing list Home: http://mailman.qth.net/mailman/listinfo/elecraft Help: http://mailman.qth.net/mmfaq.htm Post: mailto:Elecraft@mailman.qth.net This list hosted by: http://www.qsl.net Please help support this email list: http://www.qsl.net/donate.html Message delivered to arch...@mail-archive.com
