Sorry but I do not quite understand what you say about the
Windows world. To me it is  the same as in the Linux
world. MPLAB (as an IDE) adds access to assemblers/compilers.
Even MS Visual Studio does the same thing (maybe more).
It is just that every one likes to add his own IDE. This 
is also true for the Linux world now. Maybe it is because 
of too many newbies like me who do not want to learn
those advanced tools :).

Xiaofan

-----Original Message-----
From: William "Chops" Westfield [mailto:westfw@mac.com]
Sent: Wednesday, May 18, 2005 11:55 AM
To: Microcontroller discussion list - Public.
Subject: Re: [EE] MCU and electronics development on Linux


On May 17, 2005, at 5:59 PM, Chen Xiao Fan wrote:

> I do not really need an IDE actually.

I didn't mean to start a vi vs emacs debate.  The point is that in the 
unix world, what usually passes for an IDE was arrived at by adding access 
to the compilers, shells, and so on, to the editors.  In the windows world, 
people seem to add editing functions to the compilers instead.  I prefer the

former!

BillW
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