From owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Mon Jun 18 16:46:55 2012 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.freebsd.org (mx1.freebsd.org [IPv6:2001:4f8:fff6::34]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 1E8CE1065672 for ; Mon, 18 Jun 2012 16:46:55 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from wojtek@wojtek.tensor.gdynia.pl) Received: from wojtek.tensor.gdynia.pl (wojtek.tensor.gdynia.pl [89.206.35.99]) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 70B048FC18 for ; Mon, 18 Jun 2012 16:46:54 +0000 (UTC) Received: from wojtek.tensor.gdynia.pl (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by wojtek.tensor.gdynia.pl (8.14.5/8.14.5) with ESMTP id q5IGkkGV028658; Mon, 18 Jun 2012 18:46:46 +0200 (CEST) (envelope-from wojtek@wojtek.tensor.gdynia.pl) Received: from localhost (wojtek@localhost) by wojtek.tensor.gdynia.pl (8.14.5/8.14.5/Submit) with ESMTP id q5IGkkFE028655; Mon, 18 Jun 2012 18:46:46 +0200 (CEST) (envelope-from wojtek@wojtek.tensor.gdynia.pl) Date: Mon, 18 Jun 2012 18:46:46 +0200 (CEST) From: Wojciech Puchar To: Mark Felder In-Reply-To: Message-ID: References: <4FCF9333.70201@speakeasy.org> <4FCF9C07.2000607@FreeBSD.org> User-Agent: Alpine 2.00 (BSF 1167 2008-08-23) MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: TEXT/PLAIN; charset=US-ASCII; format=flowed X-Greylist: Sender passed SPF test, not delayed by milter-greylist-4.2.7 (wojtek.tensor.gdynia.pl [127.0.0.1]); Mon, 18 Jun 2012 18:46:47 +0200 (CEST) Cc: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Why Clang X-BeenThere: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list List-Id: User questions List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Mon, 18 Jun 2012 16:46:55 -0000 > > We already have the latest available with GPLv2, which is very far behind and > it requires GCC codebase experts to make any changes at all. This is > equivalent to letting any random coder make major changes to OpenSSL -- you > simply cannot afford to risk it. so not doing anything and just spent that time drinking beer seems to be better. Anyway "far behind" gcc is roughly as good as "leading edge" clang. Actually - lots of time spend and zero gain.