jdb@reef.cis.ufl.edu (Brian K. W. Hook) (04/16/91)
Howdy folks. I have heard that there is a GCC port for DOS/386. If possible, could someone tell me or send me a spec sheet of what it can and can't do? License agreements? Etc? One other thing on a related noted. Could someone please explain "CopyLeft" since if I interpret from what friends have said, I can't even make a living writing software using it! How do you survive if you can't charge for software? Brian
jdb@reef.cis.ufl.edu (Brian K. W. Hook) (04/16/91)
On the same note, is there a list somewhere of the relative merits and advantages of the various 386-C compilers? E.g. WatCom C-386, iNtel 386 Code Builder, Metaware Hi-C, GCC-386, and Zortech? Also, is there a protected mode linker/extender compatible with the new Borland C++? Or is using BC++ inherently impossible with an extender? And what are the advantages of using Rational vs Eclipse vs Phar Lap? This is a lot, but any help is appreciated. Responses will be summarized if there is interest. Brian
nelson@sun.soe.clarkson.edu (Russ Nelson) (04/16/91)
In article <28044@uflorida.cis.ufl.EDU> jdb@reef.cis.ufl.edu (Brian K. W. Hook) writes:
Howdy folks. I have heard that there is a GCC port for DOS/386. If
possible, could someone tell me or send me a spec sheet of what it can and
can't do? License agreements? Etc?
It's grape.ecs.clarkson.edu:pub/msdos/djgcc/*. Grape is also at (315)268-6667.
One other thing on a related noted. Could someone please explain
"CopyLeft" since if I interpret from what friends have said, I can't even
make a living writing software using it! How do you survive if you can't
charge for software?
Well, the principle behind the copyleft is that if you got it for free, you've
got no right to charge other people for it. How do you survive? You charge
people for the support. Since people don't want to pay for support (usually),
you bundle it with the compiler.
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