Wasnt there a move to switch to llvm as the main compiler for *nix distros instead of gcc? But you all know, Linux whether part of the GNU system or not, is under RMS' GPL 2.0 license.
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Anonymous2010-03-23 14:48
LLVM still uses GCC as a front-end, unless you mean clang, which (I don't think) is compatible enough with GCC extensions to compile a whole distro's programs.
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Anonymous2010-03-23 15:04
LLVM
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Anonymous2010-03-23 18:03
SON OF A BITCH GCC
I AM EXPERT PROGRAMMER
GCC IS PIG
DO YOU WANT BLOAT?
DO YOU WANT SLOW?
GPL IS PIG DISGUSTING
RICHARD M STALLMAN IS A MURDERER
FUCKING GCC
>>7
neither is gcc, but that doesn't stop everyone from using it.
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Anonymous2010-03-24 0:37
>>7
Animal. I got engorged by that. Fibonacci series and factorial aren't even proper link-bait, they're things that every self-respecting internet junkie should have deeply ingrained from Usenet. Am I now supposed to put on assless chaps when reading Prague?
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Anonymous2010-03-24 1:03
>>10
Yeah but Clang's C++ support is *really* not complete. Did you know it doesn't even support proper encapsulation yet? It just ignores the public and private keywords.
Since a huge proportion of the Debian userspace is C++ (e.g. all of KDE), Clang is not really up to the task yet.
>>12
Really? Well then, that's the last time I'll ever trust Apple to produce any kind of useful software ever at all....Like I wouldn't know better after the shit parades of iTunes, Quicktune, Webkit, MAC OS, everything on the iPhone....They're actually worse than HP. And that takes effort.
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Anonymous2010-03-24 1:36
>>12
no one cares about sepples. if you need something higher-level than c, use c#, objective-c, or haskell. if you don't, use c.
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Anonymous2010-03-24 1:52
>>14
C# is a trap, open Obj-C is not quite complete yet, go to hell with your haskell and terabytes of RAM.
>>15
Objective-C has been complete for ages, Apple's 2.0 extensions will most likely never have full adoption.
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Anonymous2010-03-24 9:25
>>10
GCC is far more mature and also supports way more features.
>>13
Clang and LLVM is a work in fucking progress. Nobody (not even with Microsoft's resources or with a dedicated open source community) could possibly develop a GCC replacement that's comparably mature within the span of five years. I'd bet that it'd take a decade's worth of work before things come adequately close.