[Sunhelp] c compiler in fresh Solaris 7 installation on SPARC machine

[dhansen at zebra.net]

> I wonder how come solaris doesn't come with c compiler by default.

 Because they were stifling competition when they used to include a
C compiler with the OS. Why would anyone purchase a compiler from
a competitor if they already had one included in their OS? So Sun
made a proactive decision to give everyone a fair chance.

> Is there any other third party compiler available which will server my
> purpose? 

 There are lots available, depends on what your needs are. gcc is a 
free compiler from the GNU collection (although it won't do 64bit
compilations), you can still purchase a C compiler from Sun (produces
code that is more optimized than gcc can do and is also able to 
compile 64bit code) and other vendors also sell compilers for that
platform.

david