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Subject: | RE: An additional remark on C++ |
From: | "Jeff Hill" <[email protected]> |
To: | <[email protected]>, "EPICS Techtalk" <[email protected]> |
Date: | Mon, 20 Aug 2001 15:50:09 -0600 |
> I never cared how many people use the same tool as I do as long > as I get the work done. And of course this includes being able to > efficiently and easily re-use (i.e. interface to) the things I have > already done. I will disagree that popularity of a particular tool _is_ by itself an issue because we must maintain "programmer portability". That is, we must be able to find programmers willing and able to move between projects and code bases. The availability of advanced productivity enhancing IDE's and other debugging tools suitable for both traditional and embedded targets also rapidly narrows our practical choices. Jeff