On Mon, 12 Apr 1999, Chris Antos wrote:
> > if you choose gcc, and with all the free utilities
> > that come with it - you can do just as much as you
> > can with CodeWarrior. if anything - i even think you
> > can get better code from gcc.
>
> don't make definitive statements like that based purely on your own
> speculation.
>
> gcc does not support apps greater than 32kb unless you do some fiddling with
> a couple compiler information files. even after that, it cannot support
> greater than 64kb, and realistically you'll start to have locality link
> errors that are impossible to resolve starting somewhere around 56kb.
64Kb is pretty large.. i hope i never write a program that big.
there is no need!
> CW's debugger is MUCH better than gdb.
you have a point there.. but not everyone uses a debugger.. :))
> look around some more, read some objective comparisons. there's more to the
> story than "free!" vs "what, i have to pay money for something?". it's kind
> of silly to say that compilers should inherently be free. i'm not even
> going to address that one.
>
> gcc has no support. you have a problem? go read a book on compilers and
> then fix the compiler. (yes, gcc has bugs).
>
> > the m68k cross compiler in gcc has been around longer
> > than CodeWarrior..
>
> so?
>
> > i had my doubts about gcc until i sat down and performed
> > a little bit of RTFM.. (and looking at the code).. it
> > pays to do this first.
>
> yes, gcc works great for small projects. i don't use it anymore because CW
> is significantly better. noone has to use CW, and i agree that for many
> people, a free compiler is good enough. but free does not automatically ==
> better. (and in this specific case, for serious or large code development,
> gcc is not better).
>
> by the way, do you intend to use floating point? have fun with gcc...
already have.. works fine.
of course i have restricted the ROM version to 3.0
... and i could always link to MathLib.
az.
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