Re: Baby X is bor nagain

On 29/06/2024 10:15, Kaz Kylheku wrote:

On 2024-06-29, David Brown <david.brown@hesbynett.no> wrote:

gcc toolchains are free, and the standard from manufacturers for a very
long time.  The others are very expensive, and it's very questionable if
they actually provide much extra value for most development teams.
(They /do/ provide better tools for some kinds of development.)
Consequently, gcc is overwhelmingly the most popular.

 One thing: builds having to talk to some god forsaken licensing server
to get permission to compile is beyond ridiculous.
 

I haven't seen that since, like, the 90s.  Does that actually still happen?