Of course, as an engineer I just do what the hell I want without asking and without explaining what it was I did.
As long as you are developing in-house programs that you never intend to sell or distribute then open source compilers are the best IMHO. I use Win2k Python for quick 'n sleazy batch style programming, and with Tkinter it is easy to make a full-blown windowed app that you'd never know wasn't made with Visual Studio.
Need a but more umph? Try GNAT, the GNU Ada95 translator and GtkAda. That gives you a compiled executable with the Gtk+ GUI that only depends on a few DLL's and is easily portable to Linux. And Ada is about as heavy-duty as C++ for those big projects.
Finally, you must be a total loser if you use Win2k and you _don't_ have Cygwin installed. I always have a BASH shell open, and elVIs makes a nice handy text editor. Obviously Cygwin gives you gcc and g++ along with Perl, Awk, shell scripts, and all the good stuff. If you can't write a program in 1/10'th the time it would take with the Windows API then you don't have a clue.
QCad, for Qt, is a passable 2D drafting program which is totally free and is similar to TurboCAD. It would work fine for basic 2D mechanical drawings.
LinuxCAD is worthless. Don't waste your money on that piece of crap.
BRL-CAD, courtesy of the US Army Ballistics Research Lab, will work on Linux and can do raytracing, and has 3D solid modeling capabilities. Your school could probably get a free license from the US Army if you ask nicely and promise not to export the program to Iraq. It doesn't have dimensioning capabilities; however if you have a Top Secret government clearance, you can get optional plug-in modules so that if you draft a tank, you can hit it with a simulated laser beam an analyse the damage. I just have the basic package myself, and its pretty cool for being free. The coffee mug from the tutorial looks very nice in raytraced mode.
Penn State used to use Kermit as a 3270 emulator. That was a long time ago, so I forget the exact details as to how it worked. Take a look at
the C-Kermit website.
So if I write a game demo and post it on my web
page, and include a disclaimer, the M$ can D/L
my game, claim it crashed their server for an
hour, and sue me for millions of bucks.
However, if I sell it in a box which has a sticker
saying, "This software is worthless," then I am
not able to be held liable?
This is an "I'm too lazy to RTFM" law. What a
piece of crap. Typical...
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As long as you are developing in-house programs that you never intend to sell or distribute then open source compilers are the best IMHO. I use Win2k Python for quick 'n sleazy batch style programming, and with Tkinter it is easy to make a full-blown windowed app that you'd never know wasn't made with Visual Studio.
Need a but more umph? Try GNAT, the GNU Ada95 translator and GtkAda. That gives you a compiled executable with the Gtk+ GUI that only depends on a few DLL's and is easily portable to Linux. And Ada is about as heavy-duty as C++ for those big projects.
Finally, you must be a total loser if you use Win2k and you _don't_ have Cygwin installed. I always have a BASH shell open, and elVIs makes a nice handy text editor. Obviously Cygwin gives you gcc and g++ along with Perl, Awk, shell scripts, and all the good stuff. If you can't write a program in 1/10'th the time it would take with the Windows API then you don't have a clue.
House Explodes - Man overclocks computer!
I think that solid nitrogen might make a great explosive, not so sure about semiconductors.
Hey, we found that TNT is a semiconductor! Lets hook these wires up and test it out!
For Great Justice!
All your Windows are belong to us!
Ha ha!
QCad, for Qt, is a passable 2D drafting program which is totally free and is similar to TurboCAD. It would work fine for basic 2D mechanical drawings.
LinuxCAD is worthless. Don't waste your money on that piece of crap.
BRL-CAD, courtesy of the US Army Ballistics Research Lab, will work on Linux and can do raytracing, and has 3D solid modeling capabilities. Your school could probably get a free license from the US Army if you ask nicely and promise not to export the program to Iraq. It doesn't have dimensioning capabilities; however if you have a Top Secret government clearance, you can get optional plug-in modules so that if you draft a tank, you can hit it with a simulated laser beam an analyse the damage. I just have the basic package myself, and its pretty cool for being free. The coffee mug from the tutorial looks very nice in raytraced mode.
And thats it. Take your pick.
http://www.columbia.edu/kermit/newfaq.html
So if I write a game demo and post it on my web page, and include a disclaimer, the M$ can D/L my game, claim it crashed their server for an hour, and sue me for millions of bucks. However, if I sell it in a box which has a sticker saying, "This software is worthless," then I am not able to be held liable? This is an "I'm too lazy to RTFM" law. What a piece of crap. Typical...