RE: PROGRAMMING: Free Tools Finally Available

O'Regan, Emlyn (Emlyn.ORegan@actew.com.au)
Sun, 26 Sep 1999 13:35:52 +1000

Ross A. Finlayson wrote:
> So, Microsoft should release the compiler tools of Windows, cl.exe and
> link.exe, as well as midl.exe and mktybelib.exe, and their linked
> libraries, for free. Why? >>>>>Purely altruistically<<<<<. I am not
> advocating
> releasing free Visual C++, although that would be a wonderful thing, yet
> the two most basic tools, cl.exe and link.exe, are not available for free,
> thus everything else that depends on these two programs can not be
> considered free.
>
ROTFLMAO!

Emlyn (stop it, please, it hurts!)