Author: martin fierz
Date: 07:49:04 08/10/04
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On August 10, 2004 at 08:21:20, Daniel Clausen wrote: >On August 10, 2004 at 08:04:23, martin fierz wrote: > >[snip] > >>the main two killer features about VC++ for me are i) the optimizing compiler >>which is better than gcc > >Well, there's also the compiler of Intel, which reportely produces better (as in >faster) code than gcc, although gcc seems to have improved much lately. (or so, >I've heard :) but the intel compiler costs $$$ too :-( >A possibility could be to just develop under Linux but deploy under Windows. But >that's probably only an option when having two computers, as you prolly don't >want to dual-boot all the time. hehe, i have 4 of them, so no problem! >>ii) the debugging process is very nice, you see >>where you are in the program, you can look at all variables etc. > >I don't have too much experience with debuggers (I'm used to the printf-way of >doing things, but I upgraded to cout lately ;) aaaargh! i used to printf-debug until i learned how to use the visual studio debugger and i will never ever go back. it's amazing how much more powerful a real debugger is! > But graphical debuggers within >Anjuta/KDevelop are there. (not sure about Eclipse with CDT-Plugin) Whether >they're comparable to VC++, I don't know. (anyone?) > > >>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 :-) > >Well, things like RedHat (or whatever its name is today) install pretty much >out-of-the-box. > >I have to say though, that the most important requirement for someone to migrate >to Linux is to be willing to spend some time with problems, which _will_ show >up. Afterall it's a new OS, just as Windows was back then. > > >>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?! > >As I've said above, installing RedHat (or Fedora-something) is a trivial task >and comes with everything a developers would want at the beginning. (Gnome, KDE, >Kdevelop, compiler etc installed) > >I suggest people interested in Linux to check something like Knoppix >(http://www.knoppix.org/) first for a day or two to get an idea of Linux and see >whether it *could* be something for them. No installation required as it boots >off the CD. Even dev-tools like kdevelop are included. It's not that fast >though, since it runs from CD. > >But again: if you're not willing to invest some time, stay with Windows. > >HTH > >Sargon thanks for your tips. i'll download the knoppix image and give it a go. cheers martin
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