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Re: GCC 4.4.0 Status Report (2009-03-13)
On Sun, Mar 22, 2009 at 1:44 AM, Richard Kenner
<kenner@vlsi1.ultra.nyu.edu> wrote:
>> I think the community of GCC consumers also doesn't care which sandbox
>> the developers play in, as long as they're all playing in the same
>> sandbox. ?But maybe I'm wrong, and maybe that's why I've never been
>> able to understand why EGCS merged back into the FSF GCC in the first
>> place...
>
> I think you're wrong. ?Many of these players are large companies (such
> as IBM and now, RedHat). ?Putting them in the position of having to
> "reject" the official FSF contribution is awkward for them.
I'm sorry, but I don't see it that way.
> ?Moreover,
> having two distinct versions strongly lessens the case for Free
> Software in the first place.
This, however, I fully agree with.
Gr.
Steven