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You had to buy C compiler on many operating systems. At least once upon a time, it came with another giant set of books.
by cmgbhm 3y ago
You had to buy C compiler on many operating systems. At least once upon a time, it came with another giant set of books.
- latchkey 3y agoCodewarrior for the win! I used to hate all the times I would mess up a pointer and my whole machine would freeze up.
- throwawaymobule 3y agoI am so glad GCC came and took over, even if I didn't have to live through this era. The standard choice being free and good (best, in many cases) really can't be overstated.
- pjmlp 3y agoGCC was largely ignored until the day Sun introduced the concept of UNIX user and developer editions. Only then it started to gain momentum from people not willing to pay for Solaris Developer SDK. In any case, I bet people using free beer tools enjoy being paid for their work, so just maybe they should also think in giving some money to the authors of those tools.