"DS-5 Application Edition
The new Eclipse-based Development Studio 5 (DS-5) supports ARM Linux development on ARM9, ARM11, and Cortex-A application processors."
http://www.keil.com/pr/article/1201.htm
http://www.keil.com/arm/ds5/
That's currently just for Native Linux and Android development on ARM9, ARM11, and Cortex-A8 - but why maintain 2 totally different IDEs?
Will (something like) this replace uVision-4 for use with all Keil toolchains?
Does this mean that Keil are going to resume support for GCC-based development?
I disagree with the opinion that Eclipse is becoming a standard. It more seems to be just another hype similar to the "Linux-will-become-the-standard-desktop-OS" I hear since 10 years. The "Java based" of Eclipse is probably a nod to the Linux "insisters" who will not win for ages, anyhow. So, next, the actual compiler, assembler and linker will be "Java based" and we can go back to renaming "building the project" to "coffee break"
As always, flexibility cost throughput. and DO NOT, Mr Gates, tell me to just get a faster PC.
NO, this is not a "fan letter" to Windows, it is slow, power hungry, obnoxious, ... this is about the cost of "flexibility"
Erik
PS it has always puzzled me that there is a push to make 'green' PCs and no push to making software efficient enough to be fast on a less capable (less power hungry) PC. Just compare Hasta la Vista to XP as in PC power requirements.
Actually, Eclipse originated at IBM as a tool for developing Java stuf...