"Paul D. Smith" wrote:
>
> %% Sasha Pachev <sasha@stripped> writes:
>
> sp> A few negative comments about HP-UX. I was in the process of
> sp> installing GCC on HP-UX 10.10 and discovered that HP gives you a
> sp> stripped down cc compiler unless you buy a separate package. This
> sp> stupid lame cc cannot handle ANSI prototypes, and dies compiling
> sp> bison! LAMERS! If someone made me code such a lame compiler I
> sp> would quit the company immediately even before I had found another
> sp> job! Needless to say, HP-UX will be at the bottom of my list,
> sp> maybe only a few points higher than NT, when I recommend a
> sp> hardware/software solution.
>
> This is quite common among UNIX vendors these days. SunOS 4.x never
> came with anything but an old K&R C compiler. Solaris (SunOS 5.x+)
> doesn't come with _any_ C compiler at all, not even a K&R one. AIX is
> similar, IIRC.
>
> No problem, though; GCC exists.
But you have to find a GCC binary somewhere that is compatible with your
version of the OS! Or at least something that can compile GCC.
>
> However, HP-UX really _is_ lame because they use this proprietary object
> code format (or was it symbol table format? Can't remember) that means
> that you can't use GDB if you use their tools (assembler, was it? How
> quickly the mind goes).
>
> Solaris may not have a C compiler at all, but at least their system is
> quite standard ELF (and you can just hop over to www.sunfreeware.com and
> download all the latest and greatest GNU, etc. stuff, precompiled and
> prepackaged...)
>
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> Paul D. Smith <psmith@stripped> Network Management Development
> "Please remain calm...I may be mad, but I am a professional." --Mad Scientist
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> These are my opinions---Nortel Networks takes no responsibility for them.
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