There's a good number of the tools that do work with windows so that's not by itself a big issue. In my experience it's one thing to be able to use the tools to compile an app and something very different to actually understand what's happening when you do signal processing with them.
Got some data? Need to filter it? Apply filter DLL - Done .... err no. If only life were that simple. Regards Edmund Cramp -- "In India a farmhand was caught in the act with his cow. He said he had bad eyesight and thought it was his wife." - Spike Milligan > -----Original Message----- > From: general-bounces at brlug.net > [mailto:general-bounces at brlug.net] On Behalf Of willhill > Sent: Friday, November 16, 2007 10:07 PM > To: general at brlug.net > Subject: Re: [brlug-general] C++, C# programmer almost needed > > I thought you were going to pay for the programmer by grant, > so I don't really understand your business. > > The downside is that FFTW and many other useful tools don't > work on Windows. > It's those tools that make C worthwhile to begin with. > > On Friday 16 November 2007 2:11 pm, Edmund Cramp wrote: > > Why restrict ourselves to Windows? Why rob Banks? ... > because that's > > where the money is. ?There's some interest in *nix applications but > > most of the folks who want them are writing them > themselves. We open > > source older applications but realistically you can't feed a good > > programmer when they are writing scientific applications > for a limited market. > > _______________________________________________ > General mailing list > General at brlug.net > http://mail.brlug.net/mailman/listinfo/general_brlug.net >
