Re: An Ada advocacy method

[Marin David Condic <nobody@noplace.com>]

I didn't say that MSVC++ was "Terrific" or that it could do that or any 
other potentially desirable thing. What I *did* say was that it had a 
nice set of really tightly integrated capabilities and that this was a 
good thing. Ultimately, the tighter you integrate things, the less 
flexibility you're going to have in terms of being able to substitute 
different tools. Even GPS, you'll notice, lacks some capabilities the 
minute you try to use it for C or C++. In my book, "Tough Defication" - 
use it for Ada and if you want to use C++, get an environment tailored 
for that. Accept a tool for what it does well and don't expect it to be 
all things to all programmers. If you want flexibility, don't bother 
with an IDE at all - just use a command-line based compiler and invoke 
whatever hodgepodge of tools you can collect that might do something 
useful around it. If you want tight integration and the advantages that 
has for productivity, then don't expect to be able to substitute your 
favorite editor or debugger or library or whatever.

MDC

Luke A. Guest wrote:
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> You've never tried to force MSVC to use a different compiler have you?
> It's impossible to do cleanly.
> 
> Luke.
> 


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