[LLVMdev] Preferring to use GCC instead of LLVM

[Jon Harrop]

On Tuesday 13 May 2008 14:53:33 kr512 wrote:
> I don't see how you can possibly say it is very unusual.
> Everyone is doing it.

Compiling to native code at installation time on the customers' machines is 
practically unheard of outside Gentoo Linux.

> Why is it absurd?

Your customers' justification was performance-based but there is no evidence 
indicating that these unusual requirements will actually improve performance, 
particularly if you use LLVM.

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Dr Jon D Harrop, Flying Frog Consultancy Ltd.
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