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From: roberto@cwi.nl (Rob ten Kroode)
Newsgroups: comp.os.minix
Subject: Re:  GNU c and c++ under MINIX (long)
Keywords: It _IS_ huge !
Message-ID: <594@sering.cwi.nl>
Date: 15 Sep 88 08:45:20 GMT
References: <4061@louie.udel.EDU>
Organization: CWI, Amsterdam
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In article <4061@louie.udel.EDU> frank@morgan.com (Frank Wortner) writes:
# Bill Rosenkranz <rosenkra@alliant.com> writes:
# >there has been a lot of discussion in the past regarding the huge cost of
# >source for the minix c compiler. has gcc (the GNU c compiler) and possibly
# >g++ (the GNU c++ compiler) been ported to minix? since it is essentially free,
# >this sounds like a very attractive alternative to the existing situation.
#
# "Huge" is, in my opinion, an exageration.  The source costs $99, not much
# more than the $89 that Minix itself costs.  Admittedly, I have a steady,
# rather well-paying job, so I can fork over a hundred dollars without much
# pain.  Other people may not be so lucky.  Still, in comparison the cost of
# many other common bits of software and hardware -- two to three thousand
# dollars for a nice PC system comes to mind -- $99 is cheap.

"Huge" is defenitely NOT an exageration. The source costs $999.

I suppose you don't fork over a thousand dollars without much pain :-)

-Rob
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Rob ten Kroode