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From: dtynan@altos86.Altos.COM (Dermot Tynan)
Newsgroups: gnu.misc.discuss
Subject: Nine Gold Coins...
Message-ID: <12392@altos86.Altos.COM>
Date: 2 Aug 89 05:25:30 GMT
Organization: Altos Computer Systems, San Jose, CA
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I can remember a story from my childhood, which goes something like this:

       "There was this man who dreamt that there were nine gold
	coins on the table beside his bed.  He tossed and turned,
	and cried out `No, no, nine isn't enough.  I want ten.'
	Finally, he woke up, and realized that there weren't any
	coins on the table, so he went back to sleep, thinking;
	`Nine is good!  I can live with that!  Nine is OK.'"

For those people who want to develop software with the GNU C compiler,
but want to reserve the right to charge money for said software and
not include the source, they have two options:

	1.  Write your own compiler.
	2.  Buy a commercial compiler.

If one considers that 90% of all software compiled by GCC is for 'internal
use only' (ie, for compiling HACK), then the last 10% can be compiled with
the commercial compiler you bought with your one gold coin...  I rest my
case.
						- Der
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	dtynan@altos86.Altos.COM		(408) 946-6700 x4237
	Dermot Tynan,  Altos Computer Systems,  San Jose, CA   95134

    "Far and few, far and few, are the lands where the Jumblies live..."