'While it would be imprudent to allow ourselves to fall significantly behind our peers with respect to scientific performance benchmarks that have demonstrable practical significance, a single-minded focus on maintaining clear superiority in terms of flops count is probably not in our national interest,"

Now try to explain *that* to your TayPartists ...

I got a new glass eye the 22nd of November (you're supposed to replace them every 3 years, because, even though they're made of glass, they wear out).

Nobody noticed.

....

... We (the GNU Compiler Collection) have a policy about this for our mailing lists:

"Recruiting postings, including recruiting for GCC or other free software jobs, are not permitted on this list, or on any of the other GCC mailing lists."

We can't (and won't, of course) prohibit you to contact individual developers personally. Note, however, that most are already employed.

... if the mobile phone were as inconspicuous as a wrist watch.

Unfortunately, it's (still ?) a loudmouth that's too large to go unnoticed.

I'd think so. Cygnus was founded in '89.

There are ChangeLogs in the GCC repository that go back to January '88.

Before that, it was RMS and a few fellow hackers.

... because I simply use Debian testing, updated each Sunday (like today) morning.

I wonder what the fetishism is with Debian stable ...

You (especially US inhabitants) can live without food for days, if not weeks.

However, you'll perish within 24-48 hours without contamination-free drinking water.

1. Get a few liters of it, NOW !
2. Get out of the line of Gustav.