From owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Sun Jan 22 07:46:00 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 8AE7C106564A for ; Sun, 22 Jan 2012 07:46:00 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from perrin@apotheon.com) Received: from oproxy6-pub.bluehost.com (oproxy6.bluehost.com [IPv6:2605:dc00:100:2::a6]) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with SMTP id 4E9128FC13 for ; Sun, 22 Jan 2012 07:46:00 +0000 (UTC) Received: (qmail 25548 invoked by uid 0); 22 Jan 2012 07:46:00 -0000 Received: from unknown (HELO box543.bluehost.com) (74.220.219.143) by cpoproxy3.bluehost.com with SMTP; 22 Jan 2012 07:45:59 -0000 DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; q=dns/txt; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=apotheon.com; s=default; h=In-Reply-To:Content-Type:MIME-Version:References:Message-ID:Subject:To:From:Date; bh=Bnq3SKPAQ+T/ca1GMr37mCfctmnYxICR51QTqw7NO+s=; b=iDjwmEHVyrg4swUUEESX5k3iAe0ZVmKG3KNtzkgNc7mjiPRNZRoCzvI1xKo90aA2a0N3h0HG9iQOueNHCIKkHnu0EDohnuscEW4NzZ0A8zdQ+8gLKmJFqPjZiXPIXwP0; Received: from c-24-8-180-234.hsd1.co.comcast.net ([24.8.180.234] helo=localhost) by box543.bluehost.com with esmtpsa (TLSv1:AES128-SHA:128) (Exim 4.76) (envelope-from ) id 1Ros7i-0007Dj-Gt for freebsd-questions@freebsd.org; Sun, 22 Jan 2012 00:45:58 -0700 Date: Sun, 22 Jan 2012 00:45:58 -0700 From: Chad Perrin To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Message-ID: <20120122074558.GA22918@hemlock.hydra> Mail-Followup-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org References: <4F1AAB66.5070100@herveybayaustralia.com.au> <20120121133506.7bcfaec9@gumby.homeunix.com> <20120121154313.53d3fec6@gumby.homeunix.com> <20120122070205.GA13081@hemlock.hydra> <4F1BB640.2050707@herveybayaustralia.com.au> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: <4F1BB640.2050707@herveybayaustralia.com.au> User-Agent: Mutt/1.5.21 (2010-09-15) X-Identified-User: {2737:box543.bluehost.com:apotheon:apotheon.com} {sentby:smtp auth 24.8.180.234 authed with perrin@apotheon.com} Subject: Re: Clang - what is the story? 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: Sun, 22 Jan 2012 07:46:00 -0000 On Sun, Jan 22, 2012 at 05:09:52PM +1000, Da Rock wrote: > On 01/22/12 17:02, Chad Perrin wrote: > >On Sat, Jan 21, 2012 at 03:43:13PM +0000, RW wrote: > >>I was just wondering what would have happened if Apple hadn't backed > >>clang/LLVM as BSD licensed projects. Was there a plan B (other than > >>gcc 4.2.1) or did Apple save the *BSD world? > >The backup plan was probably PCC. > Whats actually surprising is that it wasn't used as plan A (I just > looked it up); It then would have come full circle ;) A couple years ago, it looked like a race between PCC and TenDRA, but Clang seemed to just come out of nowhere and steal all the attention. All three of them had a lot to recommend them, but then the TenDRA modernization project evaporated and everybody jumped on the Clang wagon. At least, that's how it looked to me. -- Chad Perrin [ original content licensed OWL: http://owl.apotheon.org ]