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   Ezekiel to JEDIDIAH   
   Re: Why Free Software Is Handicapped On    
   29 Dec 10 19:45:16   
   
   XPost: comp.os.linux.advocacy   
   From: Me@Not-there.com   
      
   "JEDIDIAH"  wrote in message   
   news:slrnihn35g.e04.jedi@nomad.mishnet...   
   > On 2010-12-29, Ezekiel  wrote:   
   >>   
   >> "JEDIDIAH"  wrote in message   
   >> news:slrnihlnt1.arq.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.   
   >>   
   >> But that's not what your ignorant little D'Oliveiro nym claimed, is it?   
   >> The   
   >   
   >>>> What a tiny selection.   
   >   
   > [deletia]   
      
   How pathetic that the only thing a complete idiot like you can do is   
   snip-and-run.   
      
   Run away JED - run.  Just like the idiot you are.   
      
   --- SoupGate-Win32 v1.05   
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