On Dec 5, 2007 3:30 AM, Lionel B <lionelb.nospam@xxxxxxxxx> wrote: > On Tue, 04 Dec 2007 11:44:24 -0800, Thomas Dineen wrote: ... > > I think the idea here is the make the S/W easier to access and use, ... > So it's a little tricky to build from source and install a large, > complex, sophisticated, cross-platform, open source compiler suite. How > surprising. Now... when did *anyone* - average user or not - build and > install a MS compiler suite from source (apart from an MS employee)? ... > I suspect you will find that the "average user" of GCC is using a pre- > built GCC configured for easy install in their environment by some kindly > package maintainer - and in "environment" I include MS Windows (cf. > MinGW, Cygwin, etc.). Not so different, then, from installing a MS > compiler (except, obviously, cheaper, better, cross-platform and open > source). Game, set, and match to Lionel! -Tom
