Re: BSD Licensed C++ compiler

From: Casper H.S. Dik (Casper.Dik_at_Sun.COM)
Date: 10/26/05 

Date: 26 Oct 2005 09:31:48 GMT

"Karen Hill" <karen_hill22@yahoo.com> writes:

>I know SUN has a modern C++ compiler available but AFAIK you can only
>use it to compile OpenSolaris. Otherwise you must pay thousands for
>one.

No, the only requirement is that you are registered at the OpenSolaris
website; there are no restrictions on its use as you'll (necessarily)
be developing Solaris software with it.

I think the main reason there's no BSD C/C++ compiler is that the
GNU "C/C++" compiler is "good enough".

I'm not sure about the license status of the "Portable C Compiler"
which was once a standard part of Unix.

Casper 

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