The naming 'X' and the move to java really has me worried that this decision was not made by nor will be directed by the engineering department. If we end up with a slower interface and slower simulator with candy buttons and menus I would have to think hard about putting up with it over AVR dev tools. On Thu, Oct 28, 2010 at 11:34 AM, Michael Watterson wro= te: > =A0On 28/10/2010 14:42, Bento, Joseph (Electronic Communications Tech) > wrote: >> >> MPLAB X is Java-based, and cross platform compatible. =A0It will therefo= re run natively on Windows, OSX, Linux, etc. >> >> See http://devupdates.microchip.com/mplab/ >> >> Joe >> > But hopefully not as painfully slowly as other Java based IDEs I have > abandoned using, > > The whole point though of Java is that's it's not Native. It sounded > like a nice idea once. I'm not convinced that java is a good idea anymore= .. > > -- > http://www.piclist.com PIC/SX FAQ & list archive > View/change your membership options at > http://mailman.mit.edu/mailman/listinfo/piclist > --=20 http://www.piclist.com PIC/SX FAQ & list archive View/change your membership options at http://mailman.mit.edu/mailman/listinfo/piclist .