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Article #73400Re: NeXT
From: Kee Hinckley
Date: Tue, 17 Sep 1991 17:59
Date: Tue, 17 Sep 1991 17:59
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In article <955@ltb.ltb.bso.nl> wierda@ltb.ltb.bso.nl (Gerben Wierda) writes: >There use of gcc as their compiler indicates that they are smarter than the >people who waiste money buy trying to build their own buggy compiler that they >have to sell you for lots of $. The system is cheaper and their energy >directed to more important issues. Minor side issue here. Despite common belief, gcc is by no means the best compiler for all platforms (and g++ even less so) - either in terms of stability or performance. On a 68K machine that decision perhaps make sense, but certainly not on all platforms. -- Alfalfa Software, Inc. | Poste: The EMail for Unix nazgul@alfalfa.com | Send Anything... Anywhere 617/497-2922 | info@alfalfa.com I'm not sure which upsets me more: that people are so unwilling to accept responsibility for their own actions, or that they are so eager to regulate everyone else's.
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X-Google-Language: ENGLISH,ASCII-7-bit X-Google-Thread: 1025b4,f43302c8b69a124a X-Google-Attributes: gid1025b4,public X-Google-ArrivalTime: 1991-09-18 07:56:44 PST Path: arc1-ca.pugleaf.net!gmdzi!unido!math.fu-berlin.de!ira.uka.de!yale.edu!think.com!spdcc!tauxersvilli!alphalpha!nazgul From: nazgul@alphalpha.com (Kee Hinckley) Newsgroups: gnu.misc.discuss Subject: Re: NeXT Message-ID: <1991Sep17.175920.21316@alphalpha.com> Date: 17 Sep 91 17:59:20 GMT References: <1991Sep14.025539.4157@midway.uchicago.edu> <955@ltb.ltb.bso.nl> Organization: asi Lines: 20