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03/27/08 17:10
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 		 #152621 - it's not the GUIs fault
Responding to: ???'s previous message
Richard Erlacher said:
Fear of the command line is a result of inadequate knowledge of what you're doing. Just because Windows doesn't cause your computer to HCF (halt and catch fire) immediately doesn't mean it's better than the command line.


So, go lay out a PCB using only a command-line tool.

;)

Seriously, though, there's this guy who subscribes to the gEDA list who refuses to use anything newer than a PDP8 (or the Russian equivalent) and wants to do his PCBs using a command-line program. If that's not the very definition of psychotic, I don't know what is.

Seriously, too, blaming the paradigm for the failures of specific instances is not fair.

-a

(FWIW: I've completely given up on gEDA. While the tools may be free, my time isn't.)

List of 28 messages in thread
TopicAuthorDate
any user friendly 8051 cross compiler beside Keil            01/01/70 00:00      
   wrong question            01/01/70 00:00      
   question needs clarification            01/01/70 00:00      
   Why "beside Keil"            01/01/70 00:00      
      The price?            01/01/70 00:00      
         "price" should be totally irrelevant            01/01/70 00:00      
            We call that "value"            01/01/70 00:00      
            Maybe.            01/01/70 00:00      
               i realize such cases exist            01/01/70 00:00      
                  I spotted that...            01/01/70 00:00      
                     I know            01/01/70 00:00      
         Maybe so,            01/01/70 00:00      
   It's a tradeoff            01/01/70 00:00      
      command line            01/01/70 00:00      
         You haven't clarified anything!            01/01/70 00:00      
         Eh?            01/01/70 00:00      
         You should fear WINDOWS, and not the command line!            01/01/70 00:00      
            Not (entirely) true            01/01/70 00:00      
               Agreed            01/01/70 00:00      
               It can't work "up close"            01/01/70 00:00      
            it's not the GUIs fault            01/01/70 00:00      
               Yes, but it is Windows' fault            01/01/70 00:00      
            cost of Keil            01/01/70 00:00      
            mixed arguments            01/01/70 00:00      
   IDE            01/01/70 00:00      
      WHY?            01/01/70 00:00      
      But is that the actual question?            01/01/70 00:00      
   Putting 2 and 2 together...            01/01/70 00:00      

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