[cfe-dev] RFC: Clang driver redesign

[Jens Ayton]

On Nov 8, 2011, at 09:57, Miles Bader wrote:
> 
> Clang's gcc-compatible options (and extensions) are one of its best
> features, from a user point of view.  All one's tweaking worked out
> (sometimes painfully) for gcc pretty much just magically works with
> clang!  This is really incredibly refreshing, and makes clang look
> good ("wow, they actually thought about the users!").

The flipside is that it is impossible to even consider a situation where getting things to work doesn’t involve painful tweaking. Calling this “thinking about the users” smacks of Stockholm syndrome.


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Jens Ayton