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From: phd_ivo@gsbacd.uchicago.edu
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Subject: Re: NeXT vs. FSF on GCC
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Date: 30 Sep 89 02:29:37 GMT
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In article <61300015@m.cs.uiuc.edu>, march@m.cs.uiuc.edu writes...
 
>So those of you who have 1.0 by now, tell me ... what did NeXT do about
>the GCC distribution problems.

Apparently, NeXT is now distributing the source of their modification
for no charge (except postage and handling) to anyone interested. This at
least solves the problem that source must be distributed with the
system (source: 19_compilerDebugger.wn).

>As some of you might know, FSF just released
>a brand spanking new version of GCC -- 1.36!  What if I want to use it
>instead of 1.35?  Must I wait till NeXT gets around to 1.1?

Ahem. The gnu version in NeXT 1.0 is not even 1.35, but 1.34 (source: cc -v).

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