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- From: chip@tct.com (Chip Salzenberg)
- Subject: Re: Public Domain C Compiler?
- Message-ID: <2B4CA9D6.315F@tct.com>
- Date: Thu, 7 Jan 1993 22:08:21 GMT
- References: <2B4A0FD5.FD6B@tct.com> <C0FuFu.o41@austin.ibm.com> <1993Jan6.161245.4926@umr.edu>
- Organization: TC Telemanagement, Clearwater, FL
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- According to mcastle@cs.umr.edu (Michael R Castle):
- >In article <C0FuFu.o41@austin.ibm.com> moller@austin.ibm.com (Christian
- >H. L. Moller) writes:
- >>In article <2B4A0FD5.FD6B@tct.com>, chip@tct.com (Chip Salzenberg) writes:
- >>>[Where is] a truly free (public domain or equivalent) C compiler?
- >>
- >>It's called `gcc' ...
- >
- >I think Chip knows very much all about gcc and the FSF.
-
- Yes, I do. I've even participated in the development of GCC 2.0; just
- read the ChangeLog for evidence.
-
- >What Chip want's to know about is a _truly_ pd compiler.
-
- Not quite. Reread my article. I'm looking for "PD or equivalent"
- compilers. Something with terms like BSD's or X's would be just fine.
- So the Princeton LCC front end is exactly the kind of software I'm
- looking for.
-
- >It becomes quite a logistic problem to try to incorporate changes into
- >the original [single-target] compiler in a coherent manner. And I feel
- >it's really more than one person could handle.
-
- True; but then, a single coordinator with many Usenet volunteers can do
- more than you might think. Consider Elm.
-
- >I just really doubt one person could do it and remain sane (hmm....
- >rms....?? nahhhh :-)
-
- :-)
- --
- Chip Salzenberg at Teltronics/TCT <chip@tct.com>, <73717.366@compuserve.com>
- "you make me want to break the laws of time and space / you make me
- want to eat pork / you make me want to staple bagels to my face /
- and remove them with a pitchfork" -- Weird Al Yankovic, "You Make Me"
-