Path: csiph.com!v102.xanadu-bbs.net!xanadu-bbs.net!news.glorb.com!news-out.readnews.com!news-xxxfer.readnews.com!news.misty.com!news.iecc.com!nerds-end From: Rui Maciel Newsgroups: comp.compilers Subject: Re: GCC is 25 years old today Date: Wed, 28 Mar 2012 16:47:24 +0100 Organization: Aioe.org NNTP Server Lines: 33 Sender: news@iecc.com Approved: comp.compilers@iecc.com Message-ID: <12-03-062@comp.compilers> References: <12-03-051@comp.compilers> <12-03-053@comp.compilers> Reply-To: rui.maciel@gmail.com NNTP-Posting-Host: news.iecc.com X-Trace: leila.iecc.com 1333010663 25845 64.57.183.58 (29 Mar 2012 08:44:23 GMT) X-Complaints-To: abuse@iecc.com NNTP-Posting-Date: Thu, 29 Mar 2012 08:44:23 +0000 (UTC) Keywords: GCC Posted-Date: 29 Mar 2012 04:44:23 EDT X-submission-address: compilers@iecc.com X-moderator-address: compilers-request@iecc.com X-FAQ-and-archives: http://compilers.iecc.com Xref: csiph.com comp.compilers:529 BGB wrote: > On 3/22/2012 3:29 PM, Rui Maciel wrote: >> Today the GCC development team celebrates the 25th anniversary of the GNU >> Compiler Collection. >> >> Taken from: >> http://gcc.gnu.org/ml/gcc/2012-03/msg00347.html > > > >> In your views, what has been GCC's main contribution to the world of >> compilers? > > maybe, being free. But GCC isn't the only free compiler out there, and yet no other compiler, paid or free, managed to attain the same level of popularity. Couldn't it be possible that GCC's success is owed to some determining factor other than price? > I vaguely remember a time when compilers tended to cost money, and > weren't exactly cheap. There are still paid compilers out there. If I'm not mistaken, Intel sells its compiler for around 600 euros. Rui Maciel [I think it's fair to say that GCC was the first free compiler that generated code competitive with commercial compilers. -John]