Date: Fri, 27 Jun 2003 23:44:23 -0700 From: Terry Lambert <tlambert2@mindspring.com> To: Brad Knowles <brad.knowles@skynet.be> Cc: FreeBSD Chat <freebsd-chat@freebsd.org> Subject: Re: RMS says: "Use BSD, for goodness sake!" Message-ID: <3EFD3947.2386380C@mindspring.com> References: <4.3.2.7.2.20030625214311.00e5e240@localhost> <20030626110336.GW34365@iconoplex.co.uk> <3EFBFB70.B6121D9E@mindspring.com> <a0600124bbb21e0f68eba@[10.0.1.4]>
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Brad Knowles wrote: > Compress is okay, but people have come to rely on gzip and bzip2. > IMO, perhaps the best thing is to move them to ports. Unless, that > is, they're used anywhere in the build process. I believeOpenBSD have extended compress to include gzip format. > > TenDRA. Watcom. Intel. Lots of choices here. > > How many of these work on non-Intel hardware, such as Alpha or SPARC? TenDRA. CompaqCC. I coud probably find another no-cost one for the SPARC, if necessary. Frankly, I still think my original closing statement holds: the compiler is merely tactical software, not strategic. -- Terry
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