David Brown writes:
> So why /do/ people use it? I suspect that one of the biggest reason is
> "it's the only compiler that will do the job". For a lot of important
> software, such as Linux kernel, it is gcc or nothing. Another big
> reason is that gcc comes with their system, which is common
Gabriel Ravier via Gcc writes:
>> What is this man? Are you trying to compute the probability of survival
>> a project? You forgot to count me. I am one of the users of GCC. If
>> there are no users then the project is dead; however heavyweight the
>> maintainers are.
>>
>> And let me also tell y
Jonathan Wakely via Gcc writes:
> You are clueless about what the SC actually does, or the control they
> have over GCC.
I think, it would be great help if someone can document what the SC
does.
Gabriel Ravier via Gcc writes:
> RMS is not indispensible because he does not contribute to GCC and
> doesn't bring much to it, and otherwise takes more away from it. If
> you were to remove all of Ian, Jonathan, Joseph and Nathan you would
> be removing ~13% of active contribution to GCC (counti
y the Chief
> GNUisance himself, in occasional online group meetings. (He was very
> receptive and supportive to the whole plan, as I hoped and expected :-)
>
> ...
>
> Would anyone else be willing to participate as mentor?
Sounds like a good beginning (again). But I would participate as a
mentee.
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, and here the project, is bigger than the
people. People may come and go, people may saying anything. The project
should continue to be lazer focused, and serve the society.
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Pankaj Jangid