> Anyway.  The great benefit of using cygwin/prc-tools is that everyone
> can do things their own way.  

Missing the point. Why should I be **forced** to use cygwin? At the
moment I can't avoid it if I want to use the prc-tools stuff.

> If you want to use an IDE, there are many IDEs built on top of gcc/make that
> work wonderfully.

And I said which one of them I'd used, in fact.

> Well, surprise surprise, many devs in the world really don't like
> VS.net all that much, nor the OS it runs on.  

Including me, but that isn't the point.

> I know some people like to be told what to do, but there are also some
> who believe that freedom to choose is actually a good thing.

Exactly!!! We're being told to use cygwin!!! Where's **my** freedom?

> -- Makefiles?  Written by hand -- it's so *not* difficult.

And not **necessary** in more modern languages.

> naturally, it has cygwin installed..  ;)

See? :-)

Cheers,
Jim Cooper

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Jim Cooper         [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Falafel Software   http://www.falafelsoft.co.uk
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