From owner-freebsd-questions Sat Jan 4 10:59: 3 2003 Delivered-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.FreeBSD.org (mx1.freebsd.org [216.136.204.125]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id EC27A37B401 for ; Sat, 4 Jan 2003 10:59:01 -0800 (PST) Received: from fep02-mail.bloor.is.net.cable.rogers.com (fep02-mail.bloor.is.net.cable.rogers.com [66.185.86.72]) by mx1.FreeBSD.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id F21C443EB2 for ; Sat, 4 Jan 2003 10:59:00 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from mj001@rogers.com) Received: from rogers.com ([24.101.253.54]) by fep02-mail.bloor.is.net.cable.rogers.com (InterMail vM.5.01.05.06 201-253-122-126-106-20020509) with ESMTP id <20030104185821.HUFI513731.fep02-mail.bloor.is.net.cable.rogers.com@rogers.com>; Sat, 4 Jan 2003 13:58:21 -0500 Message-ID: <3E172EF3.9060704@rogers.com> Date: Sat, 04 Jan 2003 13:58:59 -0500 From: Mike Jeays User-Agent: Mozilla/5.0 (X11; U; FreeBSD i386; en-US; rv:1.0.1) Gecko/20021005 X-Accept-Language: en-us, en MIME-Version: 1.0 To: Brett Glass , freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Bystander shot by a spam filter. References: <3E120659.3D60EB30@mindspring.com> <200212312041.gBVKfr183480@hokkshideh2.jetcafe.org> <3E120659.3D60EB30@mindspring.com> <4.3.2.7.2.20030104112015.026a5530@localhost> Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii; format=flowed Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-Authentication-Info: Submitted using SMTP AUTH PLAIN at fep02-mail.bloor.is.net.cable.rogers.com from [24.101.253.54] using ID at Sat, 4 Jan 2003 13:58:21 -0500 Sender: owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk List-ID: List-Archive: (Web Archive) List-Help: (List Instructions) List-Subscribe: List-Unsubscribe: X-Loop: FreeBSD.ORG Brett Glass wrote: >At 07:05 AM 1/1/2003, Cliff Sarginson wrote: > > > >>Let's stop kicking Richard Stallman. >>He has his own agenda. >> >> > >It should remain his own. > > > >>But GCC is why you can compile FreeBSD. >> >> > >No, it's not. You can compile FreeBSD because it's >written in C. GCC just happens to be the tool that >comes in the package (which is a shame, IMHO; it's >not a very good compiler). > > > >>Any of you ever tried to write a compiler ? >> >> > >Yes -- for a living. But I've moved on to other >pursuits, because GCC has sufficiently destroyed >the market that it is not possible to make a living >writing compilers. Quality doesn't matter; a mediocre >GPLed product precludes the release of good commercial >ones. > >--Brett Glass > > >To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org >with "unsubscribe freebsd-chat" in the body of the message > > > GCC is a great gift to the world, and has made a huge difference to the development of open-source software. It can't be all that mediocre if it has destroyed the market for higher-quality compilers! To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message