XPost: comp.os.linux.advocacy   
   From: jedi@nomad.mishnet   
      
   On 2010-12-28, Ezekiel  wrote:   
   >   
   > "Lawrence D'Oliveiro"  wrote in message   
   > news:ifbvsm$m7d$10@lust.ihug.co.nz...   
   >> In message , Ezekiel wrote:   
   >>   
   >>> "Lawrence D'Oliveiro"  wrote in message   
   >>> news:ifb9he$9a4$6@lust.ihug.co.nz...   
   >>>   
   >>>> In message <4d12859d$0$11583$ec3e2dad@unlimited.usenetmonster.com>,   
   >>>> amicus_curious wrote:   
   >>>>   
   >>>>> ... gcc [is] crap and ... woefully inadequate for creating any sort of   
   >>>>> software today.   
   >>>>   
   >>>> Odd you should say that, since GCC is a crucial component in the fact   
   >>>> that so much Free Software is available and supported on two dozen   
   >>>> different major processor architectures. Basically, if GCC will compile   
   >>>> for it, Linux   
   >>>> and other Free Software will run on it.   
   >>>>   
   >>>   
   >>>   
   >>>> Contrast Microsoft's Visual Studio tools, which are confined to just one   
   >>>> measly architecture.   
   >>>   
   >>> Another ignoramous who's making claims about things he knows absolutely   
   >>> nothing about.   
   >>>   
   >>>   
   >>>    
   >>> Targeting Windows CE processors for native Visual Studio 2005 projects   
   >>>   
   >>> The Windows CE 5.0 SDK provides support for targeting the following   
   >>> instruction sets:   
   >>>   
   >>> .ARMV4I   
   >>> .MIPSII   
   >>> .MIPSII_FP   
   >>> .MIPSIV   
   >>> .MIPSIV_FP   
   >>> .SH4   
   >>> .x86   
   >>>    
   >>   
   >   
   >> What a tiny selection.   
   >   
   > The only thing tiny here is your knowledge.  This "tiny" selection of 7   
      
      Compared to GCC, it's Tiny.   
      
      Linux itself supports more platforms than that. Then there are all of   
   the other platforms that are not Linux that GCC supports including the ones   
   you've not likely ever heard about.   
      
      Plus you've got 4 variations of the same thing in that list.   
      
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