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from: Geert Bosch
date: 1995-03-27 23:30:00
subject: GCC

Recently people said GCC compilers wouldn't be suited to implement
important/commercial software. I'd like to inform that a rather modern and
powerfull operating system, namely Mach, is written using GCC. Mach is the
underlying OS of Steve Job's NextStep, and is commercial in that sense. 

I think if it is possible to write a modern OS using the GNU development
environment, it certainly is possible to write normal OS/2 apps. Of course
I know that most companies need the support/tools they get with commercial
development environments, but there seem to be many people around here who
think OS/2 compilers are expensive, while they can get a reasonable
environment for free.

Groetjes, Geert 
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