[LLVMdev] Preferring to use GCC instead of LLVM

[me22]

On Tue, May 13, 2008 at 1:49 AM, kr512 <kr512 at optusnet.com.au> wrote:
>  Alright, so I used the wrong name.  I said GCC but I should
>  have said binutils.  My original point remains valid -- LLVM
>  is an incomplete backend because by itself it is unable to
>  generate a ready-to-execute .EXE or .DLL file.
>

No, it doesn't.  You said that if I have to install GCC, you might as
well just use it for everything.  That statement very clearly doesn't
apply anymore, since it's binutils that's the dependency.  Or if you
still stand by it, it means that you consider GCC to also be
"incomplete".