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Express doesn't do 64-bit though, does it? or did they drop that restriction? > Other platform vendors also sell their compilers. Also, no, Apple's platform c
by microcolonel 9y ago
Express doesn't do 64-bit though, does it? or did they drop that restriction?
> Other platform vendors also sell their compilers.
Also, no, Apple's platform compilers are free (though obviously somebody pays for them), and so are the platform compilers for the major free operating systems GNU/Linux, FreeBSD, OpenBSD, Solaris. Sure, you can buy ICC or XL C/C++, but it isn't the only supported way to build and link against those platforms.
- bbernoulli 9y agoNot sure about the history but I use 2015 express for desktop to build 64-bit apps
- pjmlp 9y agoApple compilers are already included on the price of Apple's hardware, which are a legal requirement for using them. Sun Forte surely wasn't free. While you can install gcc on other systems, usually doesn't support all features available on the OS vendor's compiler toolchain. Specially on commercial proprietary UNIXes, mainframes and embedded systems.