[LLVMdev] Preferring to use GCC instead of LLVM

[Chris Lattner]

On May 10, 2008, at 3:06 AM, kr512 wrote:

>
> Oh another thing, consider this question that some people
> will be asking:  Why not use GCC to do what LLVM does, and
> skip the hassle of using LLVM entirely?

If you'd prefer to use GCC, go for it.  No one is forcing you to use  
LLVM.

> ESPECIALLY considering that LLVM cannot be used without GCC.
> Even if you are using LLVM as a back-end only, for compiling
> LLVM bytecode only, GCC is still required to convert the
> "llc" output assembly .S file into a ready-to-execute native
> machine code .EXE or .DLL file.

You are seriously ignorant of what LLVM is all about.  Please go  
inform yourself.

-Chris