On Sat, 21 Sep 2002 22:44:56 -0500, Jonathan Polley <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote in message <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>:
> > On Saturday, September 21, 2002, at 09:05 PM, Arnt Karlsen wrote: > > > On Sat, 21 Sep 2002 12:09:14 -0700 (PDT), > > Jonathan Polley <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote in message > > <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>: > > > >> I have a few questions brought about by some recent experiences, > >but> what they boil down to is "Are we going to reestablish the > >minimun> system requirements for FlightGear." > >> > >> First, due to deficiencies in the compiler, it is becoming more and > >> more difficult to build FlightGear under MSVC 6.0. MSVC 6.0 cannot > > > > ..I take it there is a _free_ alternative? Drop MSVC then, or, > > have Microsoft fix it. Their job and code, not ours. > > No, that wasn't what I meant (and I apologize if I didn't make myself > clear enough). MSVC 7.0 (.NET) is suppose to be more standards > compliant and my question was geared more toward asking if version 7.0 > would be the preferred version of MSVC. > > > ..face it, what's in it for us anyway? MSVC just diverts time > > and good work away from FlightGear and into Bill Gates pockets. > > I suppose that following that line would also cause us to drop > development for Windows? Personally, I have had nothing but problems ..why (not)? Let "the market" demand decide the what/when/how. ;-) On finding/making a _better_ tool, we ofcourse use it. ;-) > getting the Windows version of the gcc environment to run for me (at > all, period). Actually, I prefer working under a GUI environment so > even if I could get cygwin running I would probably stay under MSVC. > But that's just me. ..we all use our preferred tools. If need be, we all fix or upgrade them as we, or the tool owners, please. ;-) -- ..med vennlig hilsen = with Kind Regards from Arnt... ;-) ...with a number of polar bear hunters in his ancestry... Scenarios always come in sets of three: best case, worst case, and just in case. _______________________________________________ Flightgear-devel mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://mail.flightgear.org/mailman/listinfo/flightgear-devel
