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I agree. I do the GCC route already.

Authored by: Anonymous on Sunday, May 27 2012 @ 05:20 AM EDT

>Why anyone would needlessly ignore market segments by using a compiler that
only runs on one proprietary OS is baffling to me.

In one of the fields I follow, the market leader won't write a Linux client,
until objective data demonstrates that Linux has at least 30% market share, in
the desktop market. Their theory is that it simply isn't worth the time and
effort writing a client for a desktop that has no visible usage.

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I agree. I do the GCC route already.

Authored by: greed on Sunday, May 27 2012 @ 01:08 PM EDT

Where did you have to pay $100 for access to the OS X APIs? And why are you
conflating the IDE with the APIs? Xcode is the IDE; the Frameworks are the
APIs.

Xcode used to come free on an auxiliary disc, or a separate folder from the main
system install, with each OS X release or Macintosh system restore disc set.

Now it's in the App Store and shows "Price: Free".

Please, let's pick on companies for the things they are actually doing wrong;
there's plenty to choose from.

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