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My Design Goals (for Potential Contributors): | ||
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I dislike both Microsoft and Apple because of the freedoms and privacy they deny me, and I fully support the F.S.F. | ||
Thusly, I choose to minimize my involvment with their esoteric OS's. Still, I want to reach their large audiences with my programs. | ||
I dislike both Microsoft and Apple because of the freedoms and privacy | ||
they deny me; I fully support the F.S.F. [Free Software Foundation]. | ||
Thusly, I choose to minimize my involvment with their esoteric OS's. | ||
Still, I want my Apps to reach their large audiences, if possible. | ||
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My design goals are to | ||
A) require NOTHING of mere users, and | ||
B) for rebuilders/developers, require only that they install Ada on their machines. | ||
B) for rebuilders/developers, require only that they install | ||
minimal Ada on their machines. | ||
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Specifically, I do not wish to require Windows users to install MINGW. Thusly, and for other reasons, | ||
I choose to avoid Makefiles. Gpr build files are fine, but I am more familiar with script/bat files. | ||
Specifically, I prefer to NOT require Windows users to install MINGW. | ||
Thusly, and for other reasons, I choose to avoid Makefiles. | ||
Even gpr build files require more than a minimal Ada installation. | ||
So I choose to use script/bat files. | ||
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Furthermore, I do not wish to require users to install nonstandard libraries or 3rd party utilities in order to execute my apps. | ||
Furthermore, I prefer to NOT require users to install nonstandard | ||
libraries or 3rd party utilities in order to execute my apps. | ||
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([email protected]) | ||
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