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What’s even stranger is that as a 26 year old this is my first time hearing that compilers used to be paid for :) what a great indication of the FOSS movement’s
by chaos_emergent 5y ago
What’s even stranger is that as a 26 year old this is my first time hearing that compilers used to be paid for :) what a great indication of the FOSS movement’s success
- topspin 5y ago"used to be" They still are in many cases. Proprietary compilers for embedded devices (MCUs, FPGAs, etc.) are still commonplace. The license for the full Intel compiler suite discussed here isn't free either.
- Agingcoder 5y agoIntel's compiler is free (as in beer) now. It used to be commercial though.