RE: [ROOT] VC++ compiler available for free from MS...

From: Valeri Fine (fine@bnl.gov)
Date: Mon Apr 19 2004 - 20:43:28 MEST


> 
> Hi Valeri,
> 
>   does it not say that these other tools are also free "additional
free
> tools"?

fine >> It says,
fine >> " . . .
fine >> You might decide you want to augment the Toolkit with additional
free
fine >> tools from Microsoft, including the Platform SDK, or the .NET
Framework
fine >> SDK.
fine >>  . . ."


Yes, there is the "additional free tools" statement.
I did not miss that clause with my first post didn't I?

What is your concern?
  -- Valeri Fine (fine@bnl.gov)

 
> 
> -- Fons
> 
> 
> 
> On Mon, 2004-04-19 at 17:41, Valeri Fine wrote:
> > >
> > > For the people using Windows, the VC++ command line version of the
> > > compiler is now freely available from MS, this is exactly what we
use
> > > when we build ROOT on Windows:
> > >
> > > http://msdn.microsoft.com/visualc/vctoolkit2003/
> > >
> >
> >   I would like to call your attention to the very last paragraph of
the
> > Web page mentioned above.
> >
> > It says,
> > " . . .
> > You might decide you want to augment the Toolkit with additional
free
> > tools from Microsoft, including the Platform SDK, or the .NET
Framework
> > SDK.
> >  . . ."
> >
> > In other words that kit can be used to build the WIN32 Console
> > application only. One can NOT use it to re-build ROOT.
> >
> > On the other hand as soon as you have downloaded the ROOT binaries
for
> > Windows that kit should be sufficient to customize the ROOT
framework
> > with your "non-gui" classes (for example to speed up your RootCint
> > macros with ACLiC facility). I.e. your class can not call directly
any
> > Win32. (Your RootCint macro can not do that either)
> > I assume the users on this list are interesting in the cross
platform
> > applications
> > and do not want calling any Win32 API directly
> >
> >
> >   Hope this helps,
> >                             -- Valeri Fine (fine@bnl.gov)
> >
> > >
> > > -- Fons
> > >
> > >
> > > PS: MS always made a "standard" compiler available for free but
that
> > >     one did not include the optimizer so it was basically useless.
> > >     Now the optimizer is included.
> > >
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