Re: C++ price
>I know that you have just said that you are sick of free
>compilers. However, have you tried the Gnu Compiler Collection - it
>handles C, C++, Objective C, Fortran, Java and CHILL - while it may be
>free, it is used successfully by thousands of developers world-wide.
Yes.
However, all these "thousands of developer world-wide" have one thing in
common. They are forced by law not only to release their sofwtare free of
charge, they are forced by law to do it by releasing the SOURCE CODE to any
application compiled with a GNU compiler. You wrote
a cool game with DJGPP? Then you are forced to distribute the full source to
it when you sell your game. And your publisher won't just "sit around and
wait for the cows to come home", but will compile your source and sell the
game as it's own. Some publishers even have hackers employed to strip the
names out of products from people that apply for something to be
distributed, and sell it as their own.
So, GNU is great for hobby programming at home, but the moment you place
your app on the web, free or not, you are forced to place the source right
next to it or you can get sued by the FSF!
Jason Leit,
Cheers! :)
>
>HTH,
>
>Zak Greant
>Creative Director
>Nucleus Information Service Inc.
>
>"I am rather like a mosquito in a nudist camp: I know what I ought to do,
>but I don't know where to begin."
>- Stephen Bayne
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