Path: utzoo!attcan!uunet!tut.cis.ohio-state.edu!ucbvax!agate!apple!bridge2!csi!nsc!pyramid!leadsv!laic!nova!darin From: darin@nova.laic.uucp (Darin Johnson) Newsgroups: comp.misc Subject: Re: BISON, GCC, and the GNU public license. (Re: increasing yacc states) Message-ID: <662@laic.UUCP> Date: 10 Aug 89 22:35:59 GMT References: <26@ark1.nswc.navy.mil> <26947@agate.BERKELEY.EDU> <5524@ficc.uu.net> <275@sopwith.UUCP> Sender: news@laic.UUCP Reply-To: darin@nova.UUCP (Darin Johnson) Organization: Lockheed AI Center, Menlo Park Lines: 36 In article <275@sopwith.UUCP> snoopy@sopwith.UUCP (Snoopy) writes: >|How much did your computer cost? About $2,000, I'd guess, would be average >|for a personal computer. Less if you want to get a good one like an Amiga >|instead of an IBM clone. But still, if you can afford that, you can afford >|a few hundred dollars for a good C compiler, or a hundred or so for a Modula >|compiler. > >So an Amiga is a "good" computer, but it can't run the software I want to >run. Interesting definition of "good". It'll probably run GCC if you add the extra memory and spend the time porting it. Using availability of software YOU want as a criteria of whether a computer is good or not is interesting. Do you always get calls from computer companies to get your opinion? That may be a good definition for you personally, but not the rest of the world - we have other definitions that may or may-not agree. >| If you want to run GNUCC, your computer is going to cost a lot more. > >In the local newsgroups, a computer is being offered for sale for a >suggested price of $1000, which will run gcc and friends. I am curious, actually. Perhaps you are referring to a used computer (such as a used PDP)? I would find it hard to find the memory needed to run GCC (on any but toy programs) for $750... What is this magical computer? Will it be able to compile GCC using GCC? >You can NOT expect help from the vender when something goes wrong. Then you have the wrong vendor... That's part of MY definition of a 'good' computer. Darin Johnson (leadsv!laic!darin@pyramid.pyramid.com) We now return you to your regularly scheduled program.