From: Jan Nieuwenhuizen <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
To: "Wiz Aus" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
CC: [EMAIL PROTECTED], lilypond-devel@gnu.org
Subject: Re: Illegal C++
Date: Fri, 14 Oct 2005 09:14:44 +0200
Freedom and esp. ownership of your own data, those might be themes
that interest you given that you choose Windows because ...
> too many of the applications that I have a vested interest in
> (e.g. due to proprietry document formats) are only available there.
you have no choice?
Well I effectively made a choice to use commerically available software many
many years ago.
No doubt the fact that I have done so has made it somewhat more difficult
for me to explore certain alternatives. Certainly in the case of music
software, I'm eager to be to rid of Encore, but until I can a) find a
replacement that I really think is worth while changing to and b) completely
reverse engineer the file format I'm not sure when that will ever happen.
But in general I'm simply quite happy using commerical software (especially
because I rarely have to pay for it myself!), and having dabbled with some
of the alternatives, I see little incentive to change.
Whatever *my* reasons are for using a particular platform, it doesn't seem
unreasonable to hope that other developers try their best to remain mindful
of the possibility that not everyone works in the same environment they do.
For a start, if we are truly concerned about ensuring the longevity of our
code, then tieing yourself intricably to one platform seems rather
shortsighted.
The guile library in particular appears to be likely to need serious
reworking to run on certain 64-bit platforms. 10 years ago, maybe 5, there
was some excuse for not being too worried about 64-bit environments, but
these days it's inexcusable - in 10 years 32-bit environments will be surely
as relevant as 16-bit ones are today.
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