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Date:      Thu, 21 Jun 2012 19:08:13 +0200 (CEST)
From:      Wojciech Puchar <wojtek@wojtek.tensor.gdynia.pl>
To:        "Roger B.A. Klorese" <rogerk@queernet.org>
Cc:        freebsd-questions@freebsd.org
Subject:   Re: Why Clang
Message-ID:  <alpine.BSF.2.00.1206211907470.4170@wojtek.tensor.gdynia.pl>
In-Reply-To: <4FE35208.40708@queernet.org>
References:  <402199FE-380B-41B6-866B-7D5D66C457D5@lpthe.jussieu.fr> <CAH3a3KWKNF5Bt-8=KgtbMh=rV6GfUO7OaeE6-SutxkcRe8cG3Q@mail.gmail.com> <alpine.BSF.2.00.1206191953280.8234@wojtek.tensor.gdynia.pl> <20120621015237.GB58187@neutralgood.org> <AC6A916E-066B-4399-89E1-90C2394327E7@lpthe.jussieu.fr> <4FE35208.40708@queernet.org>

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>> Second, FreeBSD is not a commercial company, and while this argument may 
>> have a merit
>> for commercial sponsors of FreeBSD, it has zero bearing on FreeBSD itself.
>
> You seem to be unaware of what percentage of the development and maintenance 
> staff and the money to pay for them comes from those commercial users. If 
> FreeBSD cannot maintain the critical mass to continue, it will not continue.

but why it isn't clearly stated:

"We put clang because sponsors wanted it."




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