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In article <669@brazos.Rice.edu> preston@titan.rice.edu (Preston Briggs) writes:
>I expect GCC is popular because it is faster, and generates better
>code, and is cheaper, and comes with more source, than
>many commercial compilers.  You wonder "why use GCC"; I would
>wonder "why (pay to) use another" (especially in a research setting).

Because gcc is just not running on any of the machines we have at our
group. Everyone keeps telling me that gcc is faster and generates better
code. Compared to what? The old portable C compiler? The SUN C compiler.
Why not port it to e.g. out hp9000s835 and see if its faster and better.
I sure it is not.
I have to agree with you on the bug fixes but then again I'm to busy
with my research project to get into debugging C compilers. If a company
doesn't fix a bug fast enough I just try to work around it (often you can).

>Lots of the GNU stuff was written by rms, who is not a student,
>nor is he an employee.

So what is he then?

>From one of your earlier postings, 
>I understand that you would rather not
>spend your time coding.
On the contrary, I enjoy coding and spent a lot of time on it.
I just don't fancy coding a diff remake. It should be part
of the system I get from my vendor.

Mart van Stiphout.