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From: Kaz Kylheku <643-408-1753@kylheku.com>
Newsgroups: comp.lang.c
Subject: Re: Baby X is bor nagain
Date: Sat, 29 Jun 2024 09:15:16 -0000 (UTC)
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On 2024-06-29, David Brown <david.brown@hesbynett.no> wrote:
> gcc toolchains are free, and the standard from manufacturers for a very 
> long time.  The others are very expensive, and it's very questionable if 
> they actually provide much extra value for most development teams. 
> (They /do/ provide better tools for some kinds of development.) 
> Consequently, gcc is overwhelmingly the most popular.

One thing: builds having to talk to some god forsaken licensing server
to get permission to compile is beyond ridiculous.

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