Date: Fri, 16 Jan 2009 12:25:49 +0100 From: Roman Divacky <rdivacky@FreeBSD.org> To: Christoph Mallon <christoph.mallon@gmx.de> Cc: Eitan Adler <eitanadlerlist@gmail.com>, Peter Jeremy <peterjeremy@optushome.com.au>, "O. Hartmann" <ohartman@mail.zedat.fu-berlin.de>, "Pedro F. Giffuni" <giffunip@tutopia.com>, freebsd-current@FreeBSD.org, Garrett Cooper <yanefbsd@gmail.com>, "Bruce M. Simpson" <bms@FreeBSD.org> Subject: Re: Why LLVM may be a step forward Message-ID: <20090116112549.GA74685@freebsd.org> In-Reply-To: <49706CAD.4020800@gmx.de> References: <61484.71762.qm@web32708.mail.mud.yahoo.com> <20090111044448.GC5661@server.vk2pj.dyndns.org> <4969CC6D.6030707@mail.zedat.fu-berlin.de> <496A8F45.7010400@gmail.com> <7d6fde3d0901111813y3da92325p6d2a3541d7db53a2@mail.gmail.com> <49703686.5040503@FreeBSD.org> <49706CAD.4020800@gmx.de>
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> > But because of the need for innovation, and the licensing limitations > >of the GPLv3, LLVM is going to get attention. The smart kids out there > >will realise LLVM is an erm, "paradigm shift" [1] over GCC in the Robert > >Anton Wilson sense of the phrase, and start building tools for it, > >fingers crossed. > > You are missing the main point why it gets attention: Somebody throws > $$$ at it, so they can afford buying manpower to develop it. well.... there are big $$$ being thrown at llvm/clang but there are also quite a lot of non-commercial contributors, for example the whole C++ side of clang is volunteers driven
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