Author: Matthew Hull
Date: 09:04:37 08/06/03
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On August 06, 2003 at 11:57:06, Dann Corbit wrote: >On August 06, 2003 at 11:06:20, Matthew Hull wrote: > >>On August 06, 2003 at 09:56:54, Dann Corbit wrote: >> >>>On August 06, 2003 at 00:27:34, ERIQ wrote: >>> >>>>I think they know about the speed issues and are trying to address them in many >>>>ways, maybe a better ? is when,(not if) will gcc be faster than microsoft visual >>>>c++. my guess is when they go to gcc64. >>> >>>My guess is that GCC will always be an excellent compiler worth having but that >>>it will also never be as fast as MS VC++. >>> >>>The .NET compiler is really excellent. >>> >>>Microsoft and Intel C++ compilers are professional compilers written by >>>professional people who have nothing to do all day but improve the compiler. >>>They get paid to do it. >>> >>>The GCC compiler is written mostly by college kids who have spare time on their >>>hands. >> >>It has more to do with it being a multi-platform compiler, and not just an x86 >>compiler. In actaul fact, some folks are paid to work on GNU projects. There >>are some at the FSF, for instance. > >Interesting. Who pays them? The FSF has salaried programmers who work on various projects, paid for by the Foundation of course. The GNU HURD is one such project. Furthermore, contract programmers get paid to modify/customize GPL'd software to suit the needs of a particular business. Sometimes those mods get submitted to the code maintainers, sometimes not. But the programmer gets paid for the custom work. Similarly, Linus is now being paid for essentially full time work on Linux now, by the new organization that has hired him (I forget the name). MH
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