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From: David Brown <david.brown@hesbynett.no>
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Subject: Re: Improving build system
Date: Thu, 15 May 2025 11:17:52 +0200
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On 15/05/2025 01:00, Nicolas Paul Colin de Glocester wrote:
> Buona sera!
> 
> On Wed, 14 May 2025, pozz wrote:
> "[. . .] When it comes to stupid and big IDEs [. . .]
> [. . .]
> It is already a miracle if that software runs without problems with the default
> installation path.  I don't want to imagine what happens if I changed it."
> 
> 
> If these IDEs would not be trustworthy, then you would need to buy good
> alternatives.

Don't be silly.  There /are/ no alternatives that are more trustworthy - 
they just have different failure or risk points.  There can be benefits 
in buying a commercial IDE, and/or a commercial toolchain, but lower 
risk of bugs, quirks or installation issues is most certainly not one of 
them.