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Re: Simplifying Cygwin & brickOS/leJOS
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lugnet.robotics.rcx, lugnet.robotics.rcx.legos, lugnet.robotics.rcx.java
Date: 
Sat, 8 Nov 2003 18:05:10 GMT
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In lugnet.robotics.rcx, Dirk Schlei wrote:
> I could install the package including brickOS on a Win 98 system as well as
> download the related firmware, but could not compile any of the demos!?

I'm looking into the problems that have been reported to me regarding using the
pre-built compiler tools & cygwin on Win98.

> Besides that: You said: "Of course, every time I look at that list of languages
> above I think I'm nuts for trying to support them all. :-)" Despite the fact
> that might be true to a certain extent :-), why not making it more complete by
> adding support for Interactive C (IC4), which is not as limited as NQC, but as
> far as I know is not nearly as tricky to install as brickOS (and therefore might
> be integrated more easily)?

IC4, so far as I can tell, doesn't have a command-line compiler which makes it
quite a bit more difficult to integrate with BricxCC.  I will look into it
further to see if there is some way I could provide Interactive C support of
some kind.

John Hansen



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  Re: Simplifying Cygwin & brickOS/leJOS
 
(...) Suggestion, dont use Cygwin at all. Provide a pre-compiled version of: 1.GCC built for host=MingW (ligtweight toolchain for win32 systems that doesnt need bulky cygwin dlls) and target=rcx or whatever. 2.the BrickOS tools buit using MingW and (...) (23 years ago, 11-Nov-03, to lugnet.robotics.rcx, lugnet.robotics.rcx.legos, lugnet.robotics.rcx.java)

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  Re: Simplifying Cygwin & brickOS/leJOS
 
Dear John, Thank you very much for the further improvement of Brixcc! I could install the package including brickOS on a Win 98 system as well as download the related firmware, but could not compile any of the demos!? Besides that: You said: "Of (...) (23 years ago, 5-Nov-03, to lugnet.robotics.rcx, lugnet.robotics.rcx.legos, lugnet.robotics.rcx.java)

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