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Re: gcc 3.5 integration branch proposal
- From: Eric Botcazou <ebotcazou at libertysurf dot fr>
- To: Robert Dewar <dewar at gnat dot com>
- Cc: Scott Robert Ladd <coyote at coyotegulch dot com>,Gabriel Dos Reis <gdr at integrable-solutions dot net>,Nick Burrett <nick at dsvr dot net>,Marc Espie <espie at quatramaran dot ens dot fr>,geoffk at apple dot com,gcc at gcc dot gnu dot org
- Date: Mon, 19 Jan 2004 21:21:34 +0100
- Subject: Re: gcc 3.5 integration branch proposal
- References: <90200277-4301-11D8-BDBD-000A95B1F520@apple.com> <400C1D07.9020300@coyotegulch.com> <400C2789.4070908@gnat.com>
> Here is a suggestion:
>
> For $399 you can buy from Dell a brand new Dimension 2400 with a 2.4GHz
> Celeron, 400MHz front bus, 256 meg of memory, 40GB disk, 17" monitor,
> and 48x CD-RW/DVD-ROM combo drive.
I have always been amazed by the reasonings starting with "you can buy". Why
in the first place should you buy a brand new computer to do anything? Why
can't the typical 2-3 years old model be sufficient?
> That's a pretty reasonable machine at a very reasonable price.
For a professional developer based in the US, certainly. I'm not sure GCC
should primarily target such a population though.
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Eric Botcazou