On Thu, 9 Feb 2012 08:33:13 -0600 Stuart Stevenson <stus...@gmail.com> wrote:
> On Thu, Feb 9, 2012 at 3:24 AM, Erik Christiansen > <dva...@internode.on.net>wrote: > > > On 08.02.12 07:21, Stuart Stevenson wrote: > > > Again - shamelessly > > > My interest is having a full free APT system on Linux. > > > Inclusion in LinuxCNC would cause development - voila - APT on > > > Linux. :) > > > > OK, I have some catching up to do. Is Apt on linux highly desirable > > because there is no other free CAM postprocessor on linux? > > > This discussion was started with the intention of exploring a language > based programming system for LinuxCNC. I suggested APT as a possible > solution. APT is language based. APT has all the capabilities > desired. AND > - the shameless part - > I already know and use an APT system. I presently use NCL from NCCS. > It runs only on VMS, Unix and Windows. NCCS will not release it to > run on Linux - I have tried to talk them into letting me use it on > Linux - no go. At about the same time as discovered EMC2 I tried > APTOS and was able to build and cut a test surface in 5 axis. I > thought it had real potential. By the time I looked at it again a few > years later (following some intense EMC2 stuff) the development was a > few years old. The advocating of APT is not 'purely' selfish but > almost. I believe if someone wants a language based programming > system then APT is the place to start. I would not trust it as the > direct front end but would love to have it on Linux as my programming > system. So what do you use as a system to run NCL? Dave > <snip> > > _______________________________________________ > > Emc-users mailing list > > Emc-users@lists.sourceforge.net > > https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/emc-users > > > > thanks > Stuart > > ; ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Virtualization & Cloud Management Using Capacity Planning Cloud computing makes use of virtualization - but cloud computing also focuses on allowing computing to be delivered as a service. http://www.accelacomm.com/jaw/sfnl/114/51521223/ _______________________________________________ Emc-users mailing list Emc-users@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/emc-users
