[cfe-dev] Chrome/mac is all-clang, all-the-time

Konstantin Tokarev annulen at yandex.ru
Mon Oct 31 13:07:30 PDT 2011



31.10.2011, 23:39, "Miles Bader" <miles at gnu.org>:
> 2011/11/1 Konstantin Tokarev <annulen at yandex.ru>:
>
>>>>   I'll be pushing for GNOME to move more of it's infrastructure to
>>>>   LLVM/Clang as well.
>>>  But why would they?  What's in it for them?
>>>
>>>  Seriously, on the mac, it makes sense, as gcc is hamstrung by Apple's
>>>  policies there, and systems like FreeBSD where it serves a political
>>>  purpose are happy to do it -- but that isn't the case elsewhere, and
>>>  clang currently really doesn't offer much practical advantage for the
>>>  user.
>>  But it surely does for developer.
>
> Here "user" (of the compiler) == "developer"

Don't you like fast compilation and relevant diagnostic messages?

-- 
Regards,
Konstantin



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