On Mon, 12 Aug 2002, Peter L. Peres wrote:

> On Mon, 12 Aug 2002, Alan B. Pearce wrote:
>
> >>My major gripes with MPLAB has always the 16-bit code, the clunky
> >>simulator (although I do use it once in a while), the AWFUL support for
> >>3rd party compilers -- especially source level debugging in C. Some may
> >>say it's not realistic to ask Microchip to support 3rd party tools,
> >>BUT...
> >
> >I cannot understand why they have not caused the Borland compiler they use,
> >to produce 32 bit code. Perhaps Microchip have been developing MPLAB on Win
> >3.1 machines :))
>
> Thank the powers that be that they haven't because 16 bit MPLAB runs fine
> under Linux/Wine by grace of this "fault" ... until the GNU tools will be
> integrated properly <duck behind large flame shield>.

From who are you fearing flames: MChip, the GNU developers in general, the
GNUPIC developers, or Wine?

Scott

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