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		tyingq on Sept 15, 2020 \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: Statement Regarding the Zen Programming Language Surely the usefulness of what the compiler outputs is at least related to whether it's commercial or not. If I forked GCC and made a version where the produced binaries would only run on the machine where the compiler ran, and removing that was a subscription...I'd call it a commercial product. (Ignoring the GPL issues)

lights0123 on Sept 15, 2020 [–]

> only run on the machine where the compiler ran

clang is always a cross-compiler, including the versions shipped by Apple.

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