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Why would they pay when there are perfectly good compilers already available for free, such as GCC?
by mudge 18y ago
Why would they pay when there are perfectly good compilers already available for free, such as GCC?
- lbrandy 18y agoThere are a million reasons but let me give you a simple one: if it can produce faster code. Giving 10% performance improvement in some fields (games?) is worth a metric buttload of money.
- oditogre 18y ago3% in games would be worth a metric buttload of money, where the difference in 'playable on N Ghz CPU' and 'playable on N - 0.2 Ghz CPU' could double your potential buyers.