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That was a very intelligent answer. I was trying to come up with some advantage of Zortech C that might justify using it now instead of an open-source compiler
by kragen 1y ago
That was a very intelligent answer.
I was trying to come up with some advantage of Zortech C that might justify using it now instead of an open-source compiler like DJGPP under some circumstance. Any ideas?
- WalterBright 1y agohttps://github.com/DigitalMars/Compiler https://github.com/DigitalMars/Compiler
- kragen 1y agoOh, the answer is that Zortech C is actually open-source, and I was just being an idiot? That's wonderful! And the license here doesn't seem to have any of the questionable bits in the OpenWatcom license.
- WalterBright 1y agoI wasn't able to make it fully open source until a few years ago.
- kragen 1y agoAnd maybe people just haven't noticed? I assumed when you said "free of charge" that you implicitly meant "but not open source", and also didn't see anything on https://www.digitalmars.com/download/freecompiler.html https://www.digitalmars.com/download/freecompiler.html about compiler source, and the only "license" link on that page goes to https://www.digitalmars.com/download/dmcpp.html https://www.digitalmars.com/download/dmcpp.html which says, "The Software is copyrighted and comes with a single user license, and may not be redistributed. If you wish to obtain a redistribution license,...", so maybe you could see how I got the wrong idea!
- WalterBright 1y agoYeah I need to fix that. Thanks for poking at it.
- kragen 1y agoI'm glad my comment was useful! I was worried it might annoy you.