`gcc foo.c` gives me a working executable. That&#x27;s pretty simple, and guess what? I didn&#x27;t have to configure it at all!<p>The idea that &quot;professional-level applications&quot; (whatever those are) should be shipped in a non-working state is absurd. The fact that Fart Noise Maker 3000 should should be shipped in a non-working state is equally absurd.<p>Seriously, if I updated Babel and it suddenly was broken, I would have said, &quot;Fuck this shit,&quot; and deleted it. There&#x27;s just no point even trying to figure it out. The previous version worked, and life is too short to deal with this type of stuff.