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At work in the 90s I was allowed to buy a brand new sparc workstation with a shrinkwrap compiler (and shrinkwrap sybase). One of the first things I did was com
by tingletech 3y ago
At work in the 90s I was allowed to buy a brand new sparc workstation with a shrinkwrap compiler (and shrinkwrap sybase). One of the first things I did was compile gcc so I could install the whole gnu world.
- latchkey 3y agoExactly! I begged someone random for a gcc tarball.
- dmvdoug 3y agoNow I am imagining you panhandling on the sidewalk, stopping random strangers and shaking slightly: “hey man, can you spare a gcc tarball?”
- jsrcout 3y agoThey did the same at my first job out of college (Sun based company). It was my first introduction to free software. That was circa 1990... it's amazing that gcc is still going strong.