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- From: kjj@pondscum.phx.mcd.mot.com (Kevin Johnson)
- Subject: Re: harmful effects of gnu software II
- In-Reply-To: rvloon@cv.ruu.nl's message of Wed, 27 Jan 1993 09:38:55 GMT
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- <1993Jan25.145544.63165@cc.usu.edu> <1993Jan27.093855.17822@cv.ruu.nl>
- Date: Wed, 27 Jan 1993 19:53:13 GMT
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- In article <1993Jan27.093855.17822@cv.ruu.nl> rvloon@cv.ruu.nl (Ronald van Loon) writes:
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- > In <1993Jan25.145544.63165@cc.usu.edu> sl1yn@millville.declab.usu.edu (869483 Denys Larry) writes:
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- > |" I find it interesting that when a poster makes a very cogent point
- > |"about how much better than GCC would a compiler have to be in order
- > |"for you to purchase it, not one poster that has followed up has come
- > |"up with an answer.
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- > A compiler needs to be a lot better than GCC - that has been said multiple
- > times and I cannot agree more.
-
- > |"All they do is harp about what a wonderful thing
- > |"GCC is because it "ups the ante" or "establishes a floor" or weeds out
- > |"the bad software out there. But not one has answered the poster's point.
- > |"That's because they cannot. The point is true, as you would know if you
- > |"took a single course in economics.
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- > 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.
-
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