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From: Don
Date: Sat, 11 Jan 2003 14:24

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Arctic Inferno wrote:
>>Does anyone have a FREE c/c++ compiler for Palm.
>>I am a windows boy :-) so OnboardC isn't the way I would like 2 go, i.e.
>>want to do it from Windows.
> 
> 
> How amusing to see someone ask the exact same question I did several years
> ago.
> Many recommended PRC-Tools and GCC, so after some struggle, I was introduced
> to Linux & FreeBSD.  Now, I run both Linux and FreeBSD, and code using GNU
> GCC.  The only thing that the Unix realm lacks is graphic PilRC editor, so I
> use PilotMAG to generate the resources, but do rest of coding and compiling
> on FreeBSD.
> I will warn you, that the most difficult hurdle will be the switch over to
> Linux or FreeBSD.  The rest of setting up and coding is very, very easy.  As
> a matter of fact, I prefer GCC over CodeWarrior, which is uspposedly the de
> facto industry standard.
> p.s.  If you're new, you may want to try Linux before FreeBSD.

Actually you might want to stay in Win and use CygWin for a while and 
THEN move on to full *nix

> p.p.s.  It's possible to have both Windows and Liunx on the same computer,
> so you don't need to sacrifice anything.
> 
>

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