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Charging money for a compiler

Name: Anonymous 2010-08-11 19:02

Hello /prog/

Is it wrong of me to charge money for a C compiler I'm writing for AVR processors?

I hate C, but I want to cash in on the morons who propagate C as a systems programming language, even though there are way better alternatives. I just get doubts about my motives once in a while

And I think my sanity is gone after trying to interpret all the ambiguity in the C language specification

Name: Anonymous 2010-08-11 21:25

>>14
I thought I was going to have an easy market by providing a cheap, standard compliant C compiler. A bit ala AVR-GCC, although without the license crap

I think alot of freelancers buy IAR or the other big ones, because they don't want to get hold up on some license requirements or something

I was in the same problem a few months ago. I was asked to maintain some simple control software. No problem. Converting to IAR was a pain in the ass. Fucking pragmas

Selling a compiler at $20 or something like that would be a solution for me. That would mean I could buy a crate of beer less this week, but never have to worry about licensing again

$250 is just way too much for a dude who maintains shitty C code about 2-3 times a year

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