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   From: ldo@geek-central.gen.new_zealand   
      
   In message <4d1953a0$0$29028$ec3e2dad@unlimited.usenetmonster.com>,   
   amicus_curious 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.   
   >   
   > Just about all the "free" software is pretty cheesy compared with the real   
   > stuff that it attempts to clone.   
      
   Says someone who has never actually used any of it.   
      
   >> Contrast Microsoft’s Visual Studio tools, which are confined to just one   
   >> measly architecture.   
   >   
   > Well, that "measly" architecture dominates the market, Larry.   
      
   Funnily enough, it doesn’t. There are a few different architectures that   
   Linux runs on that Windows doesn’t, each one of which easily outsells x86 in   
   unit shipments. Bet you didn’t realize that, did you?   
      
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