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Re: Please help on GCC
- From: Eric Blake <ebb9 at byu dot net>
- To: estech users <estechusers at yahoo dot com>
- Cc: cygwin at cygwin dot com
- Date: Sat, 22 Oct 2005 09:18:19 -0600
- Subject: Re: Please help on GCC
- References: <20051022091941.90484.qmail@web52410.mail.yahoo.com>
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According to estech users on 10/22/2005 3:19 AM:
> Dear all,
>
> Please can you enlighten me on why it is more
> advantageous to use gcc rather that Microsoft
> studio.net visual c ?
1) gcc is free, Microsoft is not (even if you can obtain a copy without
paying money, it is still not free - you are not free to see its source code)
2) gcc understands cygwin, Microsoft does not
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Life is short - so eat dessert first!
Eric Blake ebb9@byu.net
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