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From: darin@nova.laic.uucp (Darin Johnson)
Newsgroups: comp.misc
Subject: Re: BISON, GCC, and the GNU public license. (Re: increasing yacc states)
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Date: 10 Aug 89 22:35:59 GMT
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In article <275@sopwith.UUCP> snoopy@sopwith.UUCP (Snoopy) writes:
>|How much did your computer cost? About $2,000, I'd guess, would be average
>|for a personal computer. Less if you want to get a good one like an Amiga
>|instead of an IBM clone. But still, if you can afford that, you can afford
>|a few hundred dollars for a good C compiler, or a hundred or so for a Modula
>|compiler.
>
>So an Amiga is a "good" computer, but it can't run the software I want to
>run.  Interesting definition of "good".

It'll probably run GCC if you add the extra memory and spend the time
porting it.  Using availability of software YOU want as a criteria
of whether a computer is good or not is interesting.  Do you always
get calls from computer companies to get your opinion?  That may be
a good definition for you personally, but not the rest of the world
- we have other definitions that may or may-not agree.

>| If you want to run GNUCC, your computer is going to cost a lot more.
>
>In the local newsgroups, a computer is being offered for sale for a
>suggested price of $1000, which will run gcc and friends.

I am curious, actually.  Perhaps you are referring to a used computer
(such as a used PDP)?  I would find it hard to find the memory needed
to run GCC (on any but toy programs) for $750...

What is this magical computer?  Will it be able to compile GCC using
GCC?

>You can NOT expect help from the vender when something goes wrong.

Then you have the wrong vendor...  That's part of MY definition of a
'good' computer.

Darin Johnson (leadsv!laic!darin@pyramid.pyramid.com)
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