-----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- Hash: SHA1 Am 31.07.2011 19:29, schrieb Borut Ražem: > The fact is that the big majority of sdcc users is running Windows: > see snapshot builds download statistics at > https://sourceforge.net/projects/sdcc/files/snapshot_builds/stats/os. > > If I wold be vicious I would say: "Remove the Windows from their heads > and let the sun shine on their minds", but I'm not, so I never wrote > that! ;-) > > P.S. for Windows users: don't even try to take this as an offence: I'm > just in mood to play with words. I'm still using Windows at my job, so > I'm joking on my account too. > > Borut
I think you're misinterpretng that page. I rarely use Windows, far less often than once a month. Nevertheless just today I started it, and downloaded a Windows snapshot to have a look at some Windows-specific problem a user reported. On the other hand I don't download snapshots for other systems. GNU/Linux users often find sdcc in their distribution, so they see no need to download the latest snapshot unless they want the most recent version. And if they want a recent version, the effort to compile it themselves is far less than on Windows: GNU/Linux users are used to download a tarball or from svn, use configure, make, make install; their distribution provides them with everything they need to build sdcc. It would be far more effort for a Windows user to build sdcc, since they would have to obtain and install all the necessary tools first. Do we have numbers for tarball downloads and svn checkouts / updates? Philipp -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v1.4.11 (GNU/Linux) Comment: Using GnuPG with Mozilla - http://enigmail.mozdev.org/ iEYEARECAAYFAk41qo0ACgkQbtUV+xsoLppmxgCfauZiqzAbNTpsWB6xzPKyGmiu 6XcAoJCeiGkQv+9KZY+RpT8dHH4tPSNy =Rwgu -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Got Input? Slashdot Needs You. Take our quick survey online. Come on, we don't ask for help often. Plus, you'll get a chance to win $100 to spend on ThinkGeek. http://p.sf.net/sfu/slashdot-survey _______________________________________________ Sdcc-user mailing list Sdcc-user@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/sdcc-user
