> C isn't open source I would debate that. 1. The C language spec isn't code, open source is only concerned with the code. 2. Philosophically, I would say th

> C isn't open source I would debate that. 1. The C language spec isn't code, open source is only concerned with the code. 2. Philosophically, I would say that if you can write and compile standards conforming c code on an open source compiler, and the standard is freely available then to all intents and purposes C is open. It isn't as if GCC doesn't know what the standard is, it isn't as if they can't describe GCC as a c compiler. It's like saying a bsd or Linux isn't unix, just because they haven't paid some fee.