Author: martin fierz
Date: 05:04:23 08/10/04
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On August 10, 2004 at 05:35:05, Daniel Clausen wrote: >On August 10, 2004 at 04:32:36, martin fierz wrote: > >[snip] > >>BTW, one of the big reasons i never switched to linux is that i am extremely >>happy with microsoft visual studio (although very unhappy with M$ policy of >>only giving you all programs at once for lots of $$$$, no way to get the >>optimizing C >>compiler alone even if you have zero interest in C#, visual basic etc. shame on >>them!). so christophe: if i'm looking for a development environment that is >>comparable to visual studio, what would that be for linux? i'm sure it exists, >>but after trying things like mingw / gcc for windows as alternative to visual >>studio, i soon gave up again. >> >>cheers >> martin > >I'm personally using Anjuta (C++ IDE for the Gnome desktop - >http://www.anjuta.org/) and I'm very happy with it. (using it for more than a >year now) I have to admit though, that my expectations on an IDE are probably >not that high. (my main expectation of an IDE is that I can continue to work >with my project after throwing away the IDE and maybe use another one if I do so >wish - I try to avoid being dependent on specific products in order to be >flexible (being dependent on product XYZ is probably the main reason why many >Windows users can't switch to another OS)) > >For the KDE desktop there's KDevelop. (http://www.kdevelop.org/) I can't really >comment on this one, since I didn't use it that long. (maybe 2 weeks) I got the >impression that it's more feature-rich than Anjuta. > >Eclipse together with the CDT plugin starts to become a viable solution too in >my opinion. Whether it's already useable for your project, I really don't know. >Since it seems to lack an "Import Project" feature like Anjuta has, I didn't try > it with my engine yet. > >I'm sure that the VC++ environment has features that you won't find in IDEs for >Linux. Whether it's a "killer feature" for you... you have to decide. > >Sargon the main two killer features about VC++ for me are i) the optimizing compiler which is better than gcc and ii) the debugging process is very nice, you see where you are in the program, you can look at all variables etc. i'm sure ii) also exists in some form for linux. the third, and perhaps most important killer feature is that i pop one (or multiple) CDs in my drive, and after some minutes it's installed. i am past the age where messing around with my computer was a pleasure for me :-) i have the feeling that with linux, you would have to know more than with window$ to get such a nice environment up and running in very little time?! cheers martin
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