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In article <MIB.92Jan13170109@geech.gnu.ai.mit.edu> mib@geech.gnu.ai.mit.edu (Michael I Bushnell) writes:
   In article <1992Jan13.003932.19292@donau.et.tudelft.nl> reinoud@dutecai.et.tudelft.nl (;R. Lamberts) writes:

      Why is typical GNU software a remake of something that has been around
      for a long time, preferrably for decades already? Isn't the FSF in
      an ideal situation to try something new in software, not facing the
      risks of a commercial enterprise?

   Tee hee.  One of the most constant things we at the FSF hear is how
   much better our software is than everyone else's.  Bison makes better
   parsers; flex makes better lexers; gcc makes better code; the
   {file,shell,bin}utils are faster and have more/better features; GNU
   Emacs is far and away the best emacs out there.  GNU tar is
   indispensable for many people's work.  GDB beats any debugger I've
   ever seen before hands down.

Another thing to be said about the software from the FSF, is that it
provides those of us with orphaned systems to keep our systems up to date.

On my system at home most of the commands I use are those provided by the
FSF not the ones that came with my old SystemV.2 system.  My compiler is
gcc, my shell bash and my editor emacs.  All excellent pieces of work.

Thanks!

-randy