( ESNUG 303 Item 9 ) ---------------------------------------------- [11/4/98]
From: [ Echoing From Somewhere Inside Motorola ]
Subject: Dc_shell Sucks! Give Us A REAL Shell To Use With Synopsys!
John, (anonymous please)
Considering the history and current discussions regarding wrappers and
shells around dc_shell, will anyone at Synopsys get the hint that no one
likes dc_shell? OK, its not horrible, but we designers are used to much
more efficient shells (tcsh, perl-style shells).
It doesn't take an MBA or marketing wizard to figure out that putting a
little effort into the shell would be good for Synopsys. Don't we spend
just as much of our time actually designing/typing as we do running the
tools? A better shell could improve design productivity just as much as
tweaking the who-knows-what optimization algorithm. Give us a real shell
(perhaps more than one), make the users happy, and Synopsys will benefit.
Since Synopsys likes buying things so much, why don't they just buy one of
the available perl-like shells? (Could I get a commission out of this,
Steve?)
Perhaps Synopsys has R/D money devoted to this. It just doesn't feel right
when you have to spend valuable time installing a freeware/shareware tool
to make a 100K tool user friendly.
- [ Echoing From Somewhere Inside Motorola ]
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