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Xcode every other day before now: Free with your OS

• jarin 16y ago
  And your OS is either $30, or free with your $700+ Mac purchase
• sigzero 16y ago
  And? Apple never said (as far as I know) that "Xcode will be forever free" and really, are people bitching about $5?
  • masklinn 16y ago
    > are people bitching about $5? Yes. Because Xcode has been free for 10 years it's taken for granted that Xcode is free, and because OSX's base install does contain any C compilers, it's in the Xcode install.
    • uxp 16y ago
      > OSX's base install does contain any C compilers, it's in the Xcode install. I think you ment to say "Doesn't" instead of does. This nullifies any argument that GCC and the Gnu Toolchain are free to download, if in a year from now the OS you buy doesn't contain GCC in the base install in order to download and compile GCC.
      • jarin 16y ago
        I don't know a ton about gcc internals, but I imagine it probably wouldn't be overly difficult to create an installer that puts a precompiled gcc into /usr/bin.