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In article <KJJ.93Jan27125151@pondscum.phx.mcd.mot.com>,
kjj@pondscum.phx.mcd.mot.com (Kevin Johnson) wrote:
> In article <1993Jan27.093855.17822@cv.ruu.nl> rvloon@cv.ruu.nl (Ronald van Loon) writes:
>> The only reason that people need commercial compilers is support.
>> GCC does not guarantee support, or even that it 'works'. If it doesn't work,
>> you can send in a bug-report. It will eventually be fixed - hopefully. With
>> commercial compilers you have paid a certain company to give you a working
>>product - if it does not function as it should, you have the right to complain
>> and demand that your problem is fixed ASAP. In other words, you get what you
 ------^^^^^^
>> pay for.
> 
> Hmmm...
> 'demand'?
> I think not.

Sure you can demand it. Whether or not anybody listens.... of course, there
are no garuantees with GCC, either in this respect.

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> "If it runs emacs it's a computer, otherwise it's a peripheral." - me
> "I have two kitchen sinks: emacs and perl" - me

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