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Re: Of Bounties and Mercenaries
On Fri, Apr 02, 2004 at 07:48:15PM -0500, Scott Robert Ladd wrote:
> My fear (and that of others) is that GCC has become so commercialized
> that it fails to address the needs of the community at large.
That would assume that there is a significant divergence between commercial
interests and "community at large" interests.
Companies as well as individuals want a compiler that produces good code
without consuming excessive resources. There certainly are some differences,
particularly when it comes to tradeoffs involving older hardware.
Motivated individuals who feel that their needs aren't being addressed are
welcome to educate themselves enough to become GCC contributors themselves.