[rescue] Why gcc exists - Re: Help with SunFire V240 Server

[Mike Meredith]

On Thu, 11 Apr 2013 13:10:38 -0400, Toby Thain wrote:
> Being "better than vendor's" was not only the raison d'jtre for gcc,
> it was also why it eventually supplanted nearly all of them :)

Plus of course you frequently had to pay extra for a vendor's compiler;
sometimes a _LOT_ more. Try asking management for the money for a
compiler (when they barely understand what one is) so you can compile
your favourite shell.



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