Rumor has it that Tony Duell may have mentioned these words:
>For the unices mentioned earlier, I believe that cc, an assembler, etc
>were _not_ included with the OS. So there is no way of writing programs
>with the software as supplied.
Dunno about the others that were mentioned, but Solaris (in every form that
I dealt with, anyway...) did include cc, plus perl, tcl/tk, I think Python,
and maybe some others.
Now... the libraries that were included with Solaris were lame at best, and
it is tough to get 3rd party programs to compile with the included cc (a
quick upgrade to gcc fixes that...) but it was included, and was enough to
write C & perl programs out of the box.
[[Editor's Note: Yes, I have worked with the Netra-version of Solaris --
the *default* install doesn't include cc -- but the proggie *is* on the CD;
you just have to install the package.]]
Hope this helps muddy the water... ;^>
Roger "Merch" Merchberger
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Received on Fri Jun 18 1999 - 21:32:06 BST