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> 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 th
by 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 agoI 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.