[cfe-dev] New libc++ LLVM Subproject

Chris Lattner clattner at apple.com
Wed May 12 11:19:48 PDT 2010


On May 12, 2010, at 11:10 AM, Trevor Harmon wrote:

> On May 11, 2010, at 3:05 PM, Howard Hinnant wrote:
> 
>> I'll also openly state that this library has been targeted straight  
>> at Apple's platforms (for the benefit of Apple's customers).
> 
> What is it about Apple's platforms that requires a specialized C++  
> library? Please elaborate, if you're allowed to.

Nothing.  We still support libstdc++ 4.2.  Howard is just saying that the implementation to date has been focused on making it work on Apple platforms, without much concern so far for portability etc.

-Chris



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