RE: [avr-chat] Re: WinAvr 2005... compile problems

[Chuck Hackett]

> From: Jeff Barlow
> 
> "E. Weddington" <address@hidden>  wrote:
> 
> >I would like to hear *thoughtful* opinions about this subject.
> 
> Okay, I'll try.
> 
> First a simple fact: 'A' is not equal to 'a'. You ignore that at your 
> peril.

If you're running on a Windows system it 'A' IS equal to 'a', at least as far as
the file system is concerned.

> ....
> Make is a Unix creature and was designed to work in an environment 
> that used the full 7 bit ASCII code set. The world is full of make 
> files that rely on that fact.
> ....

If you only want to write products for Unix flavor systems that's fine, but,
again, if you rely on the fact that "MySource.c" is distinct from "MySource.C"
in an embedded processor product you won't be able to compile it on a Windows
system ...

If you were to publish a library for C programs named "GreatLib.c" and another
version in the same release directory called "GreatLib.C" for C++ programs you
would not be able to sell it to Windows users.  Do you really want to cut
yourself off from that market?

Cheers,

Chuck Hackett
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