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

[David Murphy]

Quoting <200005151717.e4FHHEc01676 at smtp.zebra.net>
by 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.

Are there any other vendors of commercial compilers for Solaris?

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