[rescue] spam WPOISON

[Dave McGuire]

On Monday, September 8, 2003, at 05:39 PM, Curtis H. Wilbar Jr. wrote:
> Like a pay for compiler for instance ?  Depends on your market... if
> you are not making the binaries, requiring someone to shell out 
> $500-$2000
> just to be able to compile your program to use it will lock some people
> out (even though you used 'C' to open it up to them).
>
> Even if gcc is available for that platform, if it isn't bundled or
> a current binary available, then your requiring them to get gcc, and
> go through compiling it (assuming they can get a binary of an old gcc
> or something to begin the compilation process gcc requires).
>
> Pretty much everything can be a requirement (including hardware, os,
> compilers, libraries, modules, webserver, etc).

   If someone is running a web server and doesn't have a C 
compiler...well, I'd argue that this person shouldn't be running a web 
server.

   Seriously, guys.

         -Dave

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