<s>
Carbide.c	B-Language
++	I-Language
is	O
a	O
software	O
development	O
tool	O
for	O
C++	B-Language
development	O
on	O
Symbian	B-Operating_System
OS	I-Operating_System
.	O
</s>
<s>
It	O
is	O
based	O
on	O
the	O
Eclipse	B-Application
IDE	I-Application
platform	O
enhanced	O
with	O
extra	O
plug-ins	O
to	O
support	O
Symbian	B-Operating_System
OS	I-Operating_System
development	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
product	O
is	O
provided	O
by	O
the	O
Symbian	B-Application
Foundation	I-Application
under	O
an	O
open	B-Application
source	I-Application
model	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
In	O
April	O
2009	O
,	O
Nokia	O
transferred	O
Carbide.c	B-Language
++	I-Language
and	O
many	O
other	O
software	O
developer	O
tools	O
to	O
the	O
Symbian	B-Application
Foundation	I-Application
.	O
</s>
<s>
Members	O
of	O
the	O
Symbian	B-Operating_System
community	O
now	O
manage	O
and	O
contribute	O
code	O
to	O
the	O
Carbide.c	B-Language
++	I-Language
product	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Carbide.c	B-Language
++	I-Language
is	O
provided	O
by	O
the	O
Symbian	B-Application
Foundation	I-Application
in	O
two	O
different	O
tool	O
packages	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Both	O
the	O
ADT	O
and	O
PDT	O
are	O
basic	O
installers	O
that	O
include	O
Carbide.c	B-Language
++	I-Language
,	O
several	O
Eclipse-based	O
plug-ins	O
and	O
several	O
stand-alone	O
tools	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Carbide.c	B-Language
++	I-Language
is	O
based	O
on	O
the	O
latest	O
versions	O
of	O
Eclipse	B-Application
IDE	I-Application
and	O
Eclipse	B-Application
CDT	B-Application
extended	O
with	O
Symbian	B-Operating_System
OS	I-Operating_System
-specific	O
features	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Currently	O
it	O
supports	O
the	O
WINSCW	O
x86	O
C++	B-Language
compiler	O
found	O
in	O
CodeWarrior	B-Operating_System
for	O
production	O
of	O
emulator	O
binaries	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
For	O
target	O
binaries	O
it	O
supports	O
GCC	B-Application
,	O
and	O
ARM	O
RVCT	O
compilers	O
(	O
sold	O
separately	O
)	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
WINSCW	O
and	O
GCC	B-Application
compilers	I-Application
are	O
actually	O
provided	O
in	O
the	O
SDK	O
and	O
not	O
explicitly	O
included	O
in	O
the	O
Carbide	O
IDE	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Carbide.c	B-Language
++	I-Language
has	O
branched	O
very	O
few	O
parts	O
of	O
CDT	B-Application
nearly	O
all	O
of	O
it	O
is	O
contained	O
within	O
added	O
plug-ins	O
added	O
on	O
top	O
of	O
Eclipse	B-Application
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
few	O
branches	O
mostly	O
relate	O
to	O
the	O
different	O
semantics	O
of	O
the	O
CodeWarrior	B-Operating_System
debugger	O
engine	O
,	O
compared	O
to	O
GDB	B-Language
which	O
is	O
what	O
Eclipse	B-Application
previously	O
supported	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Because	O
Carbide.c	B-Language
++	I-Language
is	O
very	O
similar	O
to	O
a	O
standard	O
Eclipse	B-Application
installation	O
,	O
it	O
can	O
still	O
be	O
used	O
for	O
other	O
types	O
of	O
development	O
such	O
as	O
Java	O
or	O
Perl	O
(	O
provided	O
the	O
correct	O
plug-ins	O
are	O
installed	O
using	O
Eclipse	B-Application
's	O
self-update	O
mechanism	O
)	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Similarly	O
,	O
it	O
ought	O
to	O
be	O
possible	O
to	O
produce	O
a	O
product	O
with	O
similar	O
functionality	O
to	O
Carbide.c	B-Language
++	I-Language
by	O
moving	O
the	O
Carbide.c	B-Language
++	I-Language
plug-ins	O
into	O
a	O
standard	O
Eclipse	B-Application
installation	O
;	O
this	O
is	O
not	O
currently	O
a	O
facility	O
offered	O
by	O
Nokia	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Carbide.c	B-Language
++	I-Language
supports	O
the	O
Symbian	B-Operating_System
Build	O
System	O
v1	O
and	O
v2	O
(	O
aka	O
Raptor	O
)	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
former	O
is	O
a	O
perl-based	O
build	O
system	O
and	O
the	O
latter	O
is	O
built	O
using	O
Python	O
and	O
supports	O
the	O
next	O
generation	O
Symbian	B-Operating_System
OS	I-Operating_System
operating	O
systems	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Carbide.c	B-Language
++	I-Language
built	O
in	O
some	O
short	O
cuts	O
(	O
starting	O
with	O
v1.3	O
)	O
to	O
speed	O
up	O
rebuilds	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Carbide.c	B-Language
++	I-Language
development	O
tools	O
family	O
was	O
created	O
to	O
replace	O
CodeWarrior	B-Operating_System
for	O
Symbian	B-Operating_System
OS	I-Operating_System
as	O
the	O
primary	O
development	O
environment	O
for	O
Symbian	B-Operating_System
OS	I-Operating_System
.	O
</s>
<s>
Adoption	O
of	O
the	O
tool	O
has	O
been	O
slow	O
but	O
CodeWarrior	B-Operating_System
usage	O
is	O
diminishing	O
since	O
the	O
older	O
tool	O
no	O
longer	O
supports	O
the	O
latest	O
changes	O
to	O
Symbian	B-Operating_System
OS	I-Operating_System
and	O
S60	O
platforms	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Today	O
the	O
product	O
is	O
part	O
of	O
the	O
Symbian	B-Application
Foundation	I-Application
offering	O
and	O
is	O
completely	O
free	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Contains	O
project	O
management	O
,	O
code	O
authoring	O
,	O
emulator	O
and	O
GCC-E	O
builds	O
,	O
and	O
emulator	O
debugging	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Professional	O
Targeted	O
at	O
Symbian	B-Operating_System
OS	I-Operating_System
phone	O
manufacturers	O
,	O
their	O
partners	O
,	O
and	O
application/middleware	O
vendors	O
working	O
on	O
demanding	O
projects	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Carbide	O
had	O
a	O
slow	O
reception	O
to	O
the	O
Symbian	B-Operating_System
community	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
There	O
were	O
several	O
frequently	O
cited	O
complaints	O
for	O
example	O
,	O
lack	O
of	O
Symbian-OS-style	O
code	O
indenting	O
,	O
lack	O
of	O
an	O
easy	O
"	O
find	O
in	O
files	O
"	O
facility	O
,	O
speed	O
of	O
import	O
of	O
Symbian	B-Operating_System
OS	I-Operating_System
build	O
files	O
(	O
MMPs	O
)	O
,	O
and	O
difficulties	O
using	O
on-device	O
debugging	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Otherwise	O
the	O
reception	O
was	O
warm	O
-	O
the	O
development	O
environment	O
is	O
preferred	O
to	O
CodeWarrior	B-Operating_System
,	O
the	O
IDE	O
is	O
based	O
on	O
Java	O
so	O
there	O
are	O
some	O
speed	O
and	O
memory	O
concerns	O
,	O
the	O
IDE	O
is	O
often	O
slow	O
and	O
has	O
a	O
pretty	O
big	O
memory	O
foot	O
print	O
,	O
all	O
trademarks	O
of	O
the	O
Java	O
environment	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Carbide.c	B-Language
++	I-Language
has	O
made	O
steady	O
progress	O
in	O
addressing	O
issues	O
brought	O
up	O
by	O
the	O
developer	O
community	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
CodeWarrior	B-Operating_System
usage	O
has	O
dropped	O
off	O
significantly	O
due	O
to	O
improvements	O
in	O
Carbide	O
and	O
CodeWarrior	B-Operating_System
's	O
lack	O
of	O
support	O
for	O
the	O
newer	O
versions	O
of	O
Symbian	B-Operating_System
OS	I-Operating_System
.	O
</s>
