do firmware writers really use gcc?  I always thought they use something else.



On 12/14/07, Theo de Raadt <deraadt@cvs.openbsd.org> wrote:
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> > On Fri, 14 Dec 2007 13:19:06 -0600, "Ken Ismert" <kismert@gmail.com>
> > 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?
>
>


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