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- From: rfg@netcom.com (Ronald F. Guilmette)
- Subject: GNU C port to SVR4... the untold story
- Message-ID: <1992Dec21.091322.21146@netcom.com>
- Organization: Netcom - Online Communication Services (408 241-9760 guest)
- Date: Mon, 21 Dec 1992 09:13:22 GMT
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- Some time ago, Thomas R. Kimpton (tom@dtint.uucp) wrote:
- >
- > I don't know what the situation will be for x86 Solaris 2.x, but
- > for SPARC Solaris 2.x the GNU C compiler/debugger/libraries are
- > included on the Catalyst CD. This is the Cygnus port.
-
- I guess I'm going to have to do a lot of work to educate people about
- the true origin of the GCC port to SVR4/Solaris 2.x.
-
- Everyone seems to have been convinced by Cygnus's media blitz that they
- alone did all of the work on this port.
-
- There's only one thing wrong with that. It isn't true.
-
- In fact, *I* did the vast majority of the work to port GCC to SVR4 and
- to Solaris 2.0.
-
- But you will never see my name mentioned in any of the "product announcement"
- blurbs which Cygnus has managed to get all of the trade rags to reprint
- for them. Why? Simple. I'm not part of Cygnus, and they obviously
- feel that they can make more money if they take full credit for other
- people's work.
-
- --
-
- // Ron ("Loose Cannon") Guilmette uucp: ...uunet!lupine!segfault!rfg
- //
- // "On the one hand I knew that programs could have a compelling
- // and deep logical beauty, on the other hand I was forced to
- // admit that most programs are presented in a way fit for
- // mechanical execution, but even if of any beauty at all,
- // totally unfit for human appreciation."
- // -- Edsger W. Dijkstra
-