Subject: Re: Commercial software
To: der Mouse <mouse@Collatz.McRCIM.McGill.EDU>
From: Ask Dr. Stupid <greywolf@defender.VAS.viewlogic.com>
List: port-sparc
Date: 11/02/1995 10:02:25
#define AUTHOR "mouse@Collatz.McRCIM.McGill.EDU (der Mouse)"
/*
* (Many (most?) businesses run COBOL applications.
* Should we therefore require that NetBSD come with a COBOL compiler?)
I thought COBOL was interpreted and batch-run...?
No, NetBSD should probably not "come with" a COBOL compiler any more than
we should ship a f77 or fortran or ratfor compiler with it. I'm sure
that, should the demand arise, someone out there will come up with one
for free.
It happened for C/C++ because the demand was there. gcc and g++ aren't
the greatest, but they're there and they seem to work, inasmuch as they
generate code which tricks the kernel into thinking it's loadable :-).
*
* der Mouse
*
* mouse@collatz.mcrcim.mcgill.edu
*
*/
#undef AUTHOR /* "mouse@Collatz.McRCIM.McGill.EDU (der Mouse)" */
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