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you get what you pay for, comparing commercial to open source software is not fair. One try to sell you something, the other had an idea for a language he star
by oneweekwonder 7y ago
you get what you pay for, comparing commercial to open source software is not fair.
One try to sell you something, the other had an idea for a language he started to work on over the holidays.
- pjmlp 7y agoFirst current generation of developers needs to be willing to pay for their tooling, if they want to get something better than Bazaar quality.
- badsectoracula 7y agoThe fact that there are tiny shops like Xojo that make completely proprietary and niche languages and compilers show that there are developers that are willing to pay for their tools.
- pjmlp 7y agoIndeed and I would be quite curious about their customer demographics and target platforms.
- ptman 7y agoThere were free delphi personal and explorer editions to get you hooked. And Delphi used to be quite affordable back in the day