do firmware writers really use gcc? I always thought they use something else.
On 12/14/07, Theo de Raadt <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > On Fri, 14 Dec 2007 13:19:06 -0600, "Ken Ismert" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > > said: > > > > > So, I ask you respectfully, Richard: what is your intent in > > > making your original comments, and starting this thread? > > > That would be the deciding factor for me. > > > > Self aggrandizement has been RMS's only agenda for a long time. > > His 15 minutes are up and he has become irrelevant. He refuses > > to accept this. This crap just makes him more goggleable. > > When was the last time he wrote some code? > > 1995? Or is that being generous? > > He takes money that people donated to the FSF, and he flies all over > the world talking bullshit and rhetoric and being a hypocrite. > > > BTW, gcc is crap and I pray everyday someone will come up > > with a BSD licensed replacement (there was ipf and now there > > isn't. Wish the same effort would happen for gcc) and I much > > prefer vi to emacs. > > We fight all the time against microcode and non-free firmware. > > Guess what compiler most of that microcode and firmware is compiled > with? > > -- http://www.glumbert.com/media/shift http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tGvHNNOLnCk "This officer's men seem to follow him merely out of idle curiosity." -- Sandhurst officer cadet evaluation. "Securing an environment of Windows platforms from abuse - external or internal - is akin to trying to install sprinklers in a fireworks factory where smoking on the job is permitted." -- Gene Spafford learn french: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=j1G-3laJJP0&feature=related