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Subject: Re: net.sources.mac and shareware (probl
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Date: Thu, 21-Nov-85 11:15:00 EST
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>       d) [this is working in a very different direction]
>          the definite compiler review showing that we should all use

I doubt that this is possible.  For example, consider Aztec and Megamax.
Aztec is commonly considered to be the best C compiler for the Mac ( at
least until Green Hills is available ).  Megamax is commonly considered to
be very good.  But consider the price.  Aztec is around twice the price of
Megamax.  You can go ahead and decide that we all should use Aztec, and I
will fart in your general direction, 'cause I don't want to spend that much
money.  Or we can decide that Megamax is to be prefered.  Then those who
have the money and want the vi like editor and the shell will rightly
fart in your general direction.

It gets even more complex if we bring in Consulair, Desmet, Hippo, and
Softworks.  Maybe we should all use Neon or Smalltalk, since those are
the only two Mac languages that have only one implementation.

					Tim Smith
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