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Re:Is your startup something other than a web app? by mudge on Tuesday June 03, 2008 @10:49AM (#207932)
Why would they pay when there are perfectly good compilers already available for free, such as GCC?
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Re:Is your startup something other than a web app? by lbrandy on Tuesday June 03, 2008 @11:08AM (#207951)
There are a million reasons but let me give you a simple one: if it can produce faster code.

Giving 10% performance improvement in some fields (games?) is worth a metric buttload of money.

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Re:Is your startup something other than a web app? by oditogre on Tuesday June 03, 2008 @01:21PM (#208118)
3% in games would be worth a metric buttload of money, where the difference in 'playable on N Ghz CPU' and 'playable on N - 0.2 Ghz CPU' could double your potential buyers.
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