From owner-freebsd-hackers Fri Aug 7 00:54:19 1998 Return-Path: Received: (from majordom@localhost) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.8/8.8.8) id AAA20703 for freebsd-hackers-outgoing; Fri, 7 Aug 1998 00:54:19 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from owner-freebsd-hackers@FreeBSD.ORG) Received: from cimlogic.com.au (cimlog.lnk.telstra.net [139.130.51.31]) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.8/8.8.8) with ESMTP id AAA20559 for ; Fri, 7 Aug 1998 00:54:02 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from jb@cimlogic.com.au) Received: (from jb@localhost) by cimlogic.com.au (8.8.8/8.8.7) id RAA03868; Fri, 7 Aug 1998 17:58:53 +1000 (EST) (envelope-from jb) From: John Birrell Message-Id: <199808070758.RAA03868@cimlogic.com.au> Subject: Re: C and static initialization with unions In-Reply-To: <199808070739.AAA23183@usr08.primenet.com> from Terry Lambert at "Aug 7, 98 07:39:35 am" To: tlambert@primenet.com (Terry Lambert) Date: Fri, 7 Aug 1998 17:58:53 +1000 (EST) Cc: jb@cimlogic.com.au, mike@smith.net.au, tlambert@primenet.com, Nicolas.Souchu@prism.uvsq.fr, chuckr@Glue.umd.edu, freebsd-hackers@FreeBSD.ORG X-Mailer: ELM [version 2.4ME+ PL40 (25)] MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=US-ASCII Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Sender: owner-freebsd-hackers@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk X-Loop: FreeBSD.ORG Terry Lambert wrote: > I am sorry. I vehemently disagree with the GPL as a political tool. > I will not port GCC to a new platform. I don't like the GPL either, so I'll never vote for it if it stands for election 8-). To me gcc is not the poison it is to you. To me it is like public transportation - I prefer not to use it because other modes are more fun, but if it is expedient for me to do so, then I will. What I don't like is people pushing K&R on me for reasons that never seem to eventuate. Where are these people who will need K&R so much that providing it will make the FreeBSD world a better place?! > I also believe that having to port the compiler is a ridiculous barrier > to entry, and one of the reasons FreeBSD ports are not more prevalent. Crap. FreeBSD ports are not more prevalent because some people spend more time doing the yadda yadda than actually getting off their butts and doing something to contribute. -- John Birrell - jb@cimlogic.com.au; jb@freebsd.org http://www.cimlogic.com.au/ CIMlogic Pty Ltd, GPO Box 117A, Melbourne Vic 3001, Australia +61 418 353 137 To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-hackers" in the body of the message