11 Apr
2011
11 Apr
'11
3:39 p.m.
--- On Mon, 4/11/11, Chuck Guzis <cclist at sydex.com> wrote:
I recall when M$ packed as a freebie with their C
compiler,
but I
didn't bother to use it--and this may also be the reason
that it
didn't catch on generally.
Packed QC w/something? At least one version of QC came w/an interpreted C, IIRC.
I preferred a more formal development style.? Edit,
compile, run,
lather, rinse, repeat.? Lots of different source
files.? The time
saved by using QuickC didn't amount to a hill of beans in
the overall
picture.
You could semi automate the process, and alleviate all those source files, using batch
commands. I used to do it w/assembler.
I find that the more sophisticated and
"helpful"the IDE,
the more it
tends to disturb my thought processes.
Amen. In this day and age you can't get away from them, but they do have that
tendency.
But then, I'm old.
me too.