Although (or maybe because) I'm not a Linux user, I wasn't aware that
there were actually two versions.  I thought it was more a situation
like the PowerMac where someone other than John builds it, but tries to
stay in sync.  I think that makes sense, unless, to put it bluntly, the
"official" version sucks, but even then it would be better to try to
resolve it.  There are not many programs that are portable, but Csound
seems to be one of those, even though there will always be unavoidable
differences.  I think it is nice if the operating system is as invisible
as possible.
  
While on the subject of versions and differences, I have a question. 
Why is it that some flags in some Windows versions are preceded by -+
instead of just - as mentioned for the Windows-specific flags in the
Csound manual.  It may seem a minor difference, but for any program that
uses the csound executable a crucial(or fatal) one.  So, yes, I would
like to see that standardized as well.

Job van Zuijlen (very relaxed)

Nicola Bernardini wrote:
 
> Can you see advantages in having instead one unique version? Could you spell
> them out?