From owner-freebsd-chat Sat Jan 4 10:23:34 2003 Delivered-To: freebsd-chat@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.FreeBSD.org (mx1.freebsd.org [216.136.204.125]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 6376737B401 for ; Sat, 4 Jan 2003 10:23:33 -0800 (PST) Received: from lariat.org (lariat.org [63.229.157.2]) by mx1.FreeBSD.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id AF93C43EC2 for ; Sat, 4 Jan 2003 10:23:32 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from brett@lariat.org) Received: from mustang.lariat.org (IDENT:ppp1000.lariat.org@lariat.org [63.229.157.2]) by lariat.org (8.9.3/8.9.3) with ESMTP id LAA11752; Sat, 4 Jan 2003 11:23:25 -0700 (MST) X-message-flag: Warning! Use of Microsoft Outlook renders your system susceptible to Internet worms. Message-Id: <4.3.2.7.2.20030104112015.026a5530@localhost> X-Sender: brett@localhost X-Mailer: QUALCOMM Windows Eudora Version 4.3.2 Date: Sat, 04 Jan 2003 11:23:23 -0700 To: Cliff Sarginson , freebsd-chat@FreeBSD.ORG From: Brett Glass Subject: Re: Bystander shot by a spam filter. In-Reply-To: <20030101140530.GA11468@raggedclown.net> References: <3E120659.3D60EB30@mindspring.com> <200212312041.gBVKfr183480@hokkshideh2.jetcafe.org> <3E120659.3D60EB30@mindspring.com> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii" Sender: owner-freebsd-chat@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk List-ID: List-Archive: (Web Archive) List-Help: (List Instructions) List-Subscribe: List-Unsubscribe: X-Loop: FreeBSD.org 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