Messages in this thread | | | Subject | Re: Linux isn't an operating system | Date | Tue, 12 Mar 1996 07:47:05 PST | From | "Marty Leisner" <> |
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> > I don't really care what the outcome is (I am sympathetic to Mr Stallman, > > certainly Linux [and FreeBSD, and OpenBSD, and NetBSD and Cisco] would be > > nowhere without GCC - that's a contribution at least as significant as the > > Linux kernel). > > I beg to differ - It could have been done without GNU, without GCC (Minix > had non GNU 386 compilers before Linux). Richard created (well many might > say preserved) something far more important than all the code people > whinge about > > The Ethos Of Free Software > I suppose it could have been done with vacuum tubes too...
I found the Minix C compiler quite poor, I ended up cross-compiling Minix with aztec C...
The point was, the Minix C compiler was not a "free tool", you needed to buy the amsterdam compiler kit for $1000... and Minix only become free recently.
I don't know of another C compiler of any quality with free source besides gcc... -- marty leisner@sdsp.mc.xerox.com Member of the League for Programming Freedom
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