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   In article <1993Aug19.185453.15791@das.harvard.edu>,
   H. Jiu <jiu@kepler.harvard.edu> wrote:
   >Hi!  Can someone please tell me why you use GNU C compiler instead of,
   >say, the standard distribution that comes with your computer?  Is it
   >a religious sentiment like somepeople have with a particular brand of,
   >say, condoms?  I have used GNU C compiler several times, but in general
   >I find it inferior to standard C compilers on Sun SPARCs, DEC RISCs,
   >IBM RS/6000s, etc.

I switched to gcc because Sun does not even provide an ANSI C compiler
with their machines (unless you pay extra for it). Plus the support
and help (via netnews) that you can recieve for gcc is wonderful. Soon
I'm going to be getting two new HP workstations, for which $800 was
spent (on each) for HP's ANSI C compiler and docs. After an evaluation
of theirs, I probably will switch to gcc and ignore the HP one. Why?
Because unless the HP compiler can provide some truely outstanding
benifits (which I doubt), there's no reason for me to switch compilers
just because I'm on a new machine. 
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   Edward Hartnett	             ejh@twod.gsfc.nasa.gov
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