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In article <1993Aug19.185453.15791@das.harvard.edu> jiu@kepler.harvard.edu (H. Jiu) writes:
>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.
>
>Thanks.
>
>hbJ

Because it has less bugs. (especially on suns)
 
Because the C++ license from Sun would have cost my school $32,000 for
all the terms to be able to use it at once. GCC has no such cost or
limitation.
 
The warning message categories are both plentiful and switchable.
 
The warning messages are _far_ more useful. (e.g., it'll tell you the
#include chain that led to the header error in your code, etc).
 
The gcc distribution comes with C, C++ and Objective-C.
 
The compiler comes with all the source.
 
The compiler's innards are organized into a front-end (you can make
your own language which is then already ported to all the machines
that GCC is ported to) and back-end (you can port the compiler to
other machines (and with it, any front ends you have made,
automagically.))

Want more reasons? I got em!

-Jim