Path: utzoo!utgpu!news-server.csri.toronto.edu!cs.utexas.edu!helios!bcm!rice!uw-beaver!milton!dali.cs.montana.edu!uakari.primate.wisc.edu!zaphod.mps.ohio-state.edu!lavaca.uh.edu!karazm.math.uh.edu!jet From: jet@karazm.math.uh.edu (J. Eric Townsend) Newsgroups: comp.sys.amiga Subject: GCC (was Re: free software (was Query for the Net ) Message-ID: <1990Nov17.200129.22181@lavaca.uh.edu> Date: 17 Nov 90 20:01:29 GMT References: <1990Nov12.154623.2287@clinet.fi> <21683@well.sf.ca.us> <90320.195811UH2@psuvm.psu.edu> Sender: nntppost@lavaca.uh.edu (NNTP Posting Service) Organization: University of Houston -- Department of Mathematics Lines: 18 In article <90320.195811UH2@psuvm.psu.edu> Lee Sailer writes: >My bet is that by the time all 100 had finished their programs, you would >have paid the Lattice group a lot less [than the GCC group]. > >On the other hand, group B would know a lot more about the GNU compiler. If, however, you hire a programmer who's already a GNUser, you're likely to get a much better program, and it'll be cheaper. Your example is full of holes. If I ask you to write a program, and you don't already own a compiler (of any sort), I'll go ask somebody else. -- J. Eric Townsend Internet: jet@uh.edu Bitnet: jet@UHOU Systems Manager - University of Houston Dept. of Mathematics - (713) 749-2120 EastEnders list: eastender@karazm.math.uh.edu Skate UNIX(r)