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From: Steve Kargl <sgk@troutmask.apl.washington.edu>
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Subject: Re: how long to keep support for gcc on x86?
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On Sat, Jan 12, 2013 at 03:31:47PM -0800, John-Mark Gurney wrote:
> So, now that -current x86 is defaulting to clang, how much longer do we
> need to support gcc on platforms that default to clang?

IMHO, gcc should be available until after 10.0 is branched.

> I'm asking because clang support AES-NI, but gcc does not...

The last and only time I had for testing clang's handling
of floating point revealed that clang had a few bugs and 
performance issues.

-- 
Steve