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ptxyesterday at 7:50 PM2 repliesview on HN

Is this the same compiler that famously spurred Richard Stallman to create GCC [1] when its author "responded derisively, stating that the university was free but the compiler was not"?

It seems to be free now anyway, since 2005 according to the git history, under a 3-clause BSD license.

[1] https://www.gnu.org/gnu/thegnuproject.en.html


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samemrecebiyesterday at 11:43 PM

this does not suprise me at all if other stories i heard are true.

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