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> Apple created LLVM and clang To be specific, LLVM started as an academic project by Vikram Adve and Chris Lattner in 2000. Apple hired Chris Lattner in 2005
by AceJohnny2 9y ago
> Apple created LLVM and clang
To be specific, LLVM started as an academic project by Vikram Adve and Chris Lattner in 2000. Apple hired Chris Lattner in 2005 to work on LLVM for Apple. Clang, though, does appear to have been an Apple project, being introduced by Steve Naroff of Apple in 2007 as an open-source project.
- thomastjeffery 9y agoThanks for pointing that out. LLVM is one of the main things Apple gets to claim credit for, yet they aren't the only ones who deserve it. LLVM is one of the reasons rust is so great, and the world is better because of it.
- bluejekyll 9y agoYou can still give Apple credit for having sponsored a significant investment into LLVM. Without them, it might not have taken off the way it has.