From: Andrew S. <and...@ya...> - 2003-04-29 21:42:20
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Thanks for the help. I upgrated to WIN2K, and the compiler now seems to be working. Sorry about starting the firestorm. Andy "J.C.Wren" <jc...@jc...> wrote:In all seriousness, and as a Windows, Mac, Linux and Solaris user, W98 is not a viable development platform for anything. If at all possible, consider going to Win2K or XP. W98 and WME are just too unstable for any kind of production work. And, IIRC, Microsoft has formally end-of-lifed W98. This is not meant as flamebait or OS bias. It's based on experience as a long time user of a number of operating systems, running a number of tools. --John > -----Original Message----- > From: msp...@li... > [mailto:msp...@li...]On Behalf Of Douglas > Kennedy > Sent: Tuesday, April 29, 2003 09:10 > To: msp...@li... > Subject: Re: [Mspgcc-users] Re: mspgcc is not a reliable Windows > solution > > > .You are right about the fragility of this development. > A response to the " segmentation error issue " from one of > the developers > Dmitry was and I quote. > "I cant help here, cause I'm not running windows" > Yet In the download web page Dmitry is given credit for the > port toWindows > > I understand this is a free platform and that we should > expect to get what > we paid for. However this is was promoted in Circuit Cellar > in an article > about MPS430 and also at the mikrocontroller web site from > which it was > downloaded. The article and the website say it is windows compatible > Some will always shoot or impune the messenger or grasp at > any convenient > reason for the lack of results. Some will feel that the > reporting of a > defect by a user brings with it the obligation for that user > to undertake > fixing it. If this is the philosophy of this development > group it will have > a chilling effect on the quality of the end product. Perhaps > it already has > since the fact is this doesn't at the moment work reliably > across Windows. > > > > > ------------------------------------------------------- > This sf.net email is sponsored by:ThinkGeek > Welcome to geek heaven. > http://thinkgeek.com/sf > _______________________________________________ > Mspgcc-users mailing list > Msp...@li... > https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/mspgcc-users ------------------------------------------------------- This sf.net email is sponsored by:ThinkGeek Welcome to geek heaven. http://thinkgeek.com/sf _______________________________________________ Mspgcc-users mailing list Msp...@li... https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/mspgcc-users --------------------------------- Do you Yahoo!? The New Yahoo! Search - Faster. Easier. Bingo. |