do firmware writers really use gcc?  I always thought they use something else.
On 12/14/07, Theo de Raadt  wrote:

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> > On Fri, 14 Dec 2007 13:19:06 -0600, "Ken Ismert"

> > 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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