Path: utzoo!utgpu!water!watmath!clyde!att!osu-cis!tut.cis.ohio-state.edu!cs.utexas.edu!natinst!bigtex!james From: james@bigtex.uucp (James Van Artsdalen) Newsgroups: comp.misc Subject: Re: So let's talk about FSF Message-ID: <8213@bigtex.uucp> Date: 19 Sep 88 00:51:09 GMT References: <720@proxftl.UUCP> <14061@agate.BERKELEY.EDU> <756@proxftl.UUCP> Organization: F.B.N. Software, Austin TX Lines: 26 In article <756@proxftl.UUCP>, bill@proxftl.UUCP (T. William Wells) writes: > Perhaps I wasn't clear, so let me try again: *I* do not want to > talk about FSF on the net. Once you've flamed a public service group like the FSF, it's a little late to pick up your marbles and pout all the way home. > Not likely. The diversity of abilities and knowledge needed to > make our kind of software isn't likely to come together for the > purpose of creating free software. Go try out GNU emacs or GNU C. There are no editors in the PC or Macintosh market to compare with GNU emacs as programmer's editor. Some commercial compilers are no doubt better than GNU C, but at the moment, none of the commercial compilers available for unix on an 80386 are as good, and the AT&T 386 compiler isn't even close. After using each, have a look at the source. These aren't minor spelling checkers or whatever. I *do* believe that eventually commercial offerings will top both GNU emacs and GNU C, but *because* of the GNU programs, not in spite of them. And in the meantime I'll have a working alternative to the PCC... -- James R. Van Artsdalen ...!uunet!utastro!bigtex!james "Live Free or Die" Home: 512-346-2444 Work: 328-0282; 110 Wild Basin Rd. Ste #230, Austin TX 78746