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According to mcastle@cs.umr.edu (Michael R Castle):
>In article <C0FuFu.o41@austin.ibm.com> moller@austin.ibm.com (Christian
>H. L. Moller) writes:
>>In article <2B4A0FD5.FD6B@tct.com>, chip@tct.com (Chip Salzenberg) writes:
>>>[Where is] a truly free (public domain or equivalent) C compiler?
>>
>>It's called `gcc' ...
>
>I think Chip knows very much all about gcc and the FSF.

Yes, I do.  I've even participated in the development of GCC 2.0; just
read the ChangeLog for evidence.

>What Chip want's to know about is a _truly_ pd compiler.

Not quite.  Reread my article.  I'm looking for "PD or equivalent"
compilers.  Something with terms like BSD's or X's would be just fine.
So the Princeton LCC front end is exactly the kind of software I'm
looking for.

>It becomes quite a logistic problem to try to incorporate changes into
>the original [single-target] compiler in a coherent manner.  And I feel
>it's really more than one person could handle.

True; but then, a single coordinator with many Usenet volunteers can do
more than you might think.  Consider Elm.

>I just really doubt one person could do it and remain sane (hmm....
>rms....?? nahhhh  :-)

:-)
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  "you make me want to break the laws of time and space / you make me
   want to eat pork / you make me want to staple bagels to my face /
   and remove them with a pitchfork" -- Weird Al Yankovic, "You Make Me"