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From: "Marin David Condic" <dont.bother.mcondic.auntie.spam@[acm.org>
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Subject: Re: Ada & .Net (Rotor)
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"Pascal Obry" <p.obry@wanadoo.fr> wrote in message
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>
> Well, I also use a lot Ada, but to build GCC/GNAT, GDB, Emacs, CVS
(pserver),
> gpg, AWS, GLADE, AdaSockets, OpenSSL, OpenSSH, GDBM... you really need to
have
> a UNIX like environment. Or you need to port the software to avoid using
> GNU/configure, GNU/automake or GNU/autoconf tools or whatever UNIX
oriented
> part that just does not work on Windows.
>


O.K. I understand your meaning now. The original comment just had me
confused.

This can be a real problem when developers get too OS-centric. There is a
tendency sometimes to believe that there is only One True Operating System
in the universe and then go forth and develop in such a way as to make it
difficult to run anywhere else. That's why I like developing a single,
monolithic application that only uses a command line and text files - you
can usually count on something like that porting readily.

MDC
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