Re: [myhdl-list] Python 2.5 released!

[George P. <ge...@ga...>]

>> s Guenter, I appreciate that! Now if only cygwin would finally 
>> upgrade to 2.5... :-)
>>     
>
> I remember in an earlier post you wrote that you had tried Linux before.
> Did you have so bad experience with it?
>
>   
Hi Guenter,

    Over the past 3 years, I've run RedHat, Gentoo, and Debian (in that 
order). I thought Linux actually was nice for developing (once you get 
it set up), but I didn't like it as a general desktop. And installing a 
new video card or other hardware was often way too much of a pain and 
interrupted my flow. Too much learning and tinkering needed IMHO. I've 
been there, done that. I want my computer to 'just work' so I can create 
new things now.

    Sadly, Windows has a leg up on Linux in that respect. I've found a 
nice working balance using Windows XP and cygwin together. Not sure 
where the FPGA software stands, but ultimately, I think, I want a Mac 
(::drool::).

    Also, I use Eclipse with PyDev and PyDev Extensions (I paid for 
those). Best IDE I've ever used, it ROCKS for Python!
> I have my laptop as a dual boot system. So I have Windows and Linux on
> it. I upgraded my openSuse from 10.1 to 10.2 now. The way I do it is
> that I have an exact second hard drive as the one in the laptop and I
> hook that up as a USB drive. Then I clone my hard drive and do the
> update. That way I always have a fall back position if something goes
> wrong with the update.
>
>   
I've done dual-boot and I think that's a good idea in general. Something 
I'd rather do now is run Linux and Windows side-by-side AND be able to 
copy/paste stuff across the divide... got any ideas for that? VMWare?

> But openSuse has Python 2.5 also only with the latest 10.2 release,
> which came out a few weeks ago. So you might find it soon with cygwin too.
>   
Nice! Can't wait. But, as I jump on this bandwagon I remind myself that 
Python 3K looms over the horizon.. what's a guy to do? :-)

Rock on,
George