Date: Sat, 04 Jan 2003 13:58:59 -0500 From: Mike Jeays <mj001@rogers.com> To: Brett Glass <brett@lariat.org>, freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Bystander shot by a spam filter. Message-ID: <3E172EF3.9060704@rogers.com> References: <3E120659.3D60EB30@mindspring.com> <200212312041.gBVKfr183480@hokkshideh2.jetcafe.org> <3E120659.3D60EB30@mindspring.com> <4.3.2.7.2.20030104112015.026a5530@localhost>
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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
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