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Re: Upgrade from 2.9 to 3.x?

From: Scott Robert Ladd <coyote at coyotegulch dot com>
To: Joe Buck <jbuck at synopsys dot com>
Cc: Gerald Pfeifer <pfeifer at dbai dot tuwien dot ac dot at>,Kunal Sachdeva <kunal_gcc at yahoo dot com>, gcc at gcc dot gnu dot org
Date: Mon, 12 May 2003 22:23:31 -0400
Subject: Re: Upgrade from 2.9 to 3.x?
References: <20030512134636.51724.qmail@web20502.mail.yahoo.com> <3EBFDE04.50507@coyotegulch.com> <Pine.BSF.4.55.0305122004210.60481@naos.dbai.tuwien.ac.at> <3EC02F14.7010408@coyotegulch.com> <20030512173855.A14260@synopsys.com>

Joe Buck wrote:

I will suggest, though, that if someone refers to GNU compiler collection
as "the Linux compiler", the GNU C library as "the Linux library", etc,
someone might well (justifiably) correct this mistake.  Ideally this will
happen in as diplomatic a way as possible.

I'm in complete agreement with you -- and have advised folk in the past who misattribute GNU tools; for example, I corrected a colleague (gently) who insisted upon calling GCC the "Cygwin" compiler.

In the end, GNU would gain more if it spent less time growling at those who fail political correctness tests. Some of us might be useful allies, if we felt welcome... :)

--
Scott Robert Ladd
Coyote Gulch Productions (http://www.coyotegulch.com)

References:
- Upgrade from 2.9 to 3.x?
  - From: Kunal Sachdeva
- Re: Upgrade from 2.9 to 3.x?
  - From: Scott Robert Ladd
- Re: Upgrade from 2.9 to 3.x?
  - From: Gerald Pfeifer
- Re: Upgrade from 2.9 to 3.x?
  - From: Scott Robert Ladd
- Re: Upgrade from 2.9 to 3.x?
  - From: Joe Buck

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