Re: harmful effects of gnu software

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From: Ozan Yigit
Date: Tue, 26 Jan 1993 04:17

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Greg Lindahl writes:

   > How much incentive does a company that makes "free" compilers have
   >for innovation? Almost none. Note: porting is not innovation.

   A lot. ...

I find it surprising that those who can write such a clever compiler
cannot come up with clever methods so that anybody can port gcc to a
new architecture in a matter of hours at most, without having to pay
for external help. I guess it is a matter of priority. :-]

... oz

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