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- From: newton@monty.apana.org.au (Mark Newton)
- Newsgroups: comp.os.minix
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- Subject: Re: About the ACK ANSI compiler... [not the
- References: <1992Dec31.105026.3520@phyrql.Alt.ZA>
- Message-ID: <9301037031@monty.apana.org.au>
- Organization: APANA South Australia - State mail hub
- Date: Sun, 3 Jan 93 15:59:52 +1030
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- lucio@phyrql.Alt.ZA (Lucio de Re) writes:
- > samw@bucket.rain.com (Sam Warden) writes:
- > >
- > >What I find curious is that those of us who are still stuck with
- > >XTs and ATs to run Minix on are precisely the people who cannot
- > >afford $200 for _anything_. :-/ It seems ironic (at least) that
- > >there's a plethora of "free" tools at the high end and not at the
- > >low.
- >
- > Folks, I think we're wingeing. The world has moved on and we expect
- > it to look after our interests for free. That don't work
-
- It does work! There are megabytes of GNU software out there for free,
- much of which runs under MINIX. There is also an excellent compiler
- available for free, with full source code (cvw4.1). It /doesn't/ only
- run on the high-end machines, either - It's great on my low-end 68000
- (you know, the one that isn't supporting the intel cadaver?).
-
- > There seems to be a group of individuals who feel, as I do, that the
- > Intel/ISA combination ought to have died long ago and refuse t support
- > its cadaver.
-
- (Yeah, that one).
-
- - mark
-
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