On Mon, Dec 17, 2001 at 10:08:54AM -0800, paul beard wrote:
> On Monday 17 December 2001 09:50 am, Thor Lancelot Simon opined:
> > This doesn't say anything about what compiler was used to build the system.
> > In point of fact, I don't believe that Apple uses gcc to build their
> > shipped binaries; at least not most of them.  They'd have to be fools to do
> > so, since gcc is pretty much the worst powerpc compiler you can get and
> > they have access to much better ones.
> 
> well, it appears they do just that. Check out the Darwin/public source area 
> and you'll find the instructions on how to get their dev tools and source to 
> build your own kernel. 

You appear to be suffering under the misapprehension that the fact that
_you can_ do something equates to the fact that _Apple does_ do that same
thing.