From owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Mon Jun 18 17:31:49 2012 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.freebsd.org (mx1.freebsd.org [69.147.83.52]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 48E8C1065673 for ; Mon, 18 Jun 2012 17:31:49 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from lumiwa@gmail.com) Received: from mail-gg0-f182.google.com (mail-gg0-f182.google.com [209.85.161.182]) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id EC0F18FC17 for ; Mon, 18 Jun 2012 17:31:48 +0000 (UTC) Received: by ggnm2 with SMTP id m2so4509625ggn.13 for ; Mon, 18 Jun 2012 10:31:48 -0700 (PDT) DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=gmail.com; s=20120113; h=mime-version:in-reply-to:references:date:message-id:subject:from:to :cc:content-type; bh=A3U8WxDi4zj3OK75LJQQyjOawM5XfegnCbCjykZF3HM=; b=0DbtAKuxCQ1LQCeIsR88Ix+wphUWS8J/CpiGaCWC8NaCxL/fX53r/j6ZWSW2quNtqn BNT7QtsE7GQM4lieMvoUMXVk1PR0nApglYXO/WZ8NiEy/if/mfWm+yqPugC9QB04Dy/t Zw2TgX0hJBAW0scEkprSFSOEKQmUKL1qxZWLpvna92lfkGT9Sn7QnRrC0DObU6kxwvg1 vbt4kfjgcEuWreVf1ELfJzVHKWx2sywcK6X71DtnKNKE0u6kXfEt6cZgfO52iBGouTz5 svJ3Q6bHZVcL2RlxS7hwPoWt9xMcs7rW/o1LzwFn0x9O2Ip/oODLXYmudkm/6u0Zew+0 urQw== MIME-Version: 1.0 Received: by 10.60.7.72 with SMTP id h8mr16575595oea.33.1340040708451; Mon, 18 Jun 2012 10:31:48 -0700 (PDT) Received: by 10.182.48.130 with HTTP; Mon, 18 Jun 2012 10:31:48 -0700 (PDT) In-Reply-To: References: <4FCF9333.70201@speakeasy.org> <4FCF9C07.2000607@FreeBSD.org> Date: Mon, 18 Jun 2012 12:31:48 -0500 Message-ID: From: Franci Nabalanci To: Joe Gain Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1 X-Content-Filtered-By: Mailman/MimeDel 2.1.5 Cc: Wojciech Puchar , Mark Felder , 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 17:31:49 -0000 Apple had no problem using a GPL v2 licensed compiler. It looks like they have a huge problem using a GPL v3 licensed compiler. On Mon, Jun 18, 2012 at 12:21 PM, Joe Gain wrote: > On Mon, Jun 18, 2012 at 6:56 PM, Mark Felder wrote: > > Please stop asking for instant gratification; you won't have it no matter > > how loud you yell. The Clang decision is far-reaching and gives numerous > > advantages to the FreeBSD platform. It's also not been a waste of time; > > you're implying that the FreeBSD devs have spent thousands of hours > hacking > > away at Clang which is far away from the fact. We're simply building upon > > their work, testing Clang on the codebase (and finding bugs GCC was > > hiding!!), and reporting any issues upstream which get fixed very very > > quickly. > > > > If you want to recompile everything with lang/gcc (4.6.3) and the latest > > binutils go right ahead, but don't expect support when things go horribly > > pear-shaped. > > Clang is a great set of compiler tools. If you are only a user, as you > suggest, > than you shouldn't be compiling anything, just running binaries. If you are > using a compiler, than you may not be a developer, but you aren't just a > user. > > In any case, if you're not developing, like me, you don't really get a > say-- well, > you do, but probably nobody is listening. > > http://www.drdobbs.com/cpp/240001128 > > > > > > _______________________________________________ > > freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list > > http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions > > To unsubscribe, send any mail to " > freebsd-questions-unsubscribe@freebsd.org" > > > > -- > joe gain > > jacob-burckhardt-str. 16 > 78464 konstanz > germany > > +49 (0)7531 60389 > > (...otherwise in ???) > _______________________________________________ > freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list > http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions > To unsubscribe, send any mail to " > freebsd-questions-unsubscribe@freebsd.org" >