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> he [...] wrote gcc it's a fair assumption to believe that most or his code was rewritten (hey, since gcc 1.x we've had several major versions, plus the egcs m
by nddrylliog 16y ago
> he [...] wrote gcc
it's a fair assumption to believe that most or his code was rewritten (hey, since gcc 1.x we've had several major versions, plus the egcs merger, etc.)
this can't be outlined strongly enough.
- cookiecaper 16y agoWhy does it matter? Of course software goes through some major changes over the course of several years. That doesn't mean he shouldn't be credited with launching the project, including providing its early codebase. The fact that something is more advanced now doesn't mean it was a trivial piece of software in the first place -- you have to have some pretty serious chops to end up with even early versions of gcc.