Path: csiph.com!eternal-september.org!feeder.eternal-september.org!news.eternal-september.org!.POSTED!not-for-mail From: Keith Thompson Newsgroups: comp.lang.c Subject: Re: Why I use gcc Date: Tue, 11 Oct 2016 09:31:35 -0700 Organization: None to speak of Lines: 26 Message-ID: References: <79a418d5-5782-43a3-8dc2-2a16343f3398@googlegroups.com> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Injection-Info: mx02.eternal-september.org; posting-host="c91660510313b0b3b2b18aebbb52bfad"; logging-data="23216"; mail-complaints-to="abuse@eternal-september.org"; posting-account="U2FsdGVkX1/v1L6NHuWivhVB3aSYJ2Np" User-Agent: Gnus/5.13 (Gnus v5.13) Emacs/23.1 (gnu/linux) Cancel-Lock: sha1:nttKAD/jhB7dgfOjwXSSNaFj04M= sha1:9Dihu4goyxmR2E90ePO3w5oOubE= Xref: csiph.com comp.lang.c:94726 BartC writes: [...] > Your link shows a smaller installation than I've seen for VS. Still, > when I tried it, it informed me I needed 4GB across all drives; I've > only got 2GB. Seriously? I've got more free space than that on my phone. I could probably free up a bit more if I uninstalled the C and C++ development system. (Not exaggerating.) I don't know why you're stuck with such a crippled computer, but it's hardly typical. Multi-terabyte hard drives are available and reasonably priced. > Plus I don't want abuse my ISP with a 4000MB download all > in one go. I know some people are stuck with slow and limited ISPs. On my system such a download would take just a few minutes -- less once I set up the new cable modem that's supposed to give me higher speeds. [...] -- Keith Thompson (The_Other_Keith) kst-u@mib.org Working, but not speaking, for JetHead Development, Inc. "We must do something. This is something. Therefore, we must do this." -- Antony Jay and Jonathan Lynn, "Yes Minister"