Oh, I didn't mean "having a compiler" by "being able to compile source code into...

foobarbazqux on Oct 3, 2013 | parent | context | favorite | on: Richard Stallman on the Painful Birth of GNU

Oh, I didn't mean "having a compiler" by "being able to compile source code into binaries". I meant having source code, having a compiler, and having a machine that will run the binaries you produce.