> > 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. > > > > > > -- > > > Org: CERN, European Laboratory for Particle Physics. > > > Mail: 1211 Geneve 23, Switzerland > > > E-Mail: Fons.Rademakers@cern.ch Phone: +41 22 7679248 > > > WWW: http://www.rademakers.org/fons/ Fax: +41 22 7679480 > -- > Org: CERN, European Laboratory for Particle Physics. > Mail: 1211 Geneve 23, Switzerland > E-Mail: Fons.Rademakers@cern.ch Phone: +41 22 7679248 > WWW: http://www.rademakers.org/fons/ Fax: +41 22 7679480
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