[ALACPP] GCC and friends

["Jon Stewart" <stew1@xxxxxxxxxxx>]

I've been trying to make more time in my life for personal [software] 
development (I have no time for any other kind :-). I'm also a huge 
procrastinator, so while I've been good at making time, it's all been 
spent so far on getting my toolchain humming. This has entailed quite a 
bit of linux administration (for me, at least).

I've got a slackware 10 box with an encrypted RAID1 for /home, with every 
service shut down except for ssh. So data security and integrity is done. 
I have gcc 3.3.4 installed as my system default, with gcc 3.4.1 installed 
as a secondary option (I want to play with precompiled headers). I'm using 
subversion for source control (SO much better than CVS). Yesterday I got 
ccache going; ccache is awesome.

So, I know this list has a number of good *nix C++ developers on it. What 
else do I need for my toolchain? Is distcc worth it (I would have to 
install a cross compiler as my other machine is a Mac)? I am leaning 
towards emacs as I decide which editor to use, but I'm not sold yet; are 
there any editors which do a Visual Studio style auto-complete? Any emacs 
modules that are must-haves for C++ developers? What about build tools, 
e.g. make? Am I still best off with make, due its ubiquity and simplicity, 
or can ant/bjam/custom python scripts/whatever offer me more (as 
subversion offers enough more than CVS to justify the upgrade)?

thanks,


Jon
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Jon Stewart                                 Advanced Los Angeles C++
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