> Considering the expected future advantages from using clang (cross-language inlining with Rust, consistency between platforms), it seemed a better deal to swi

> Considering the expected future advantages from using clang (cross-language inlining with Rust, consistency between platforms), it seemed a better deal to switch to clang than to try to address those issues. No, they anticipated switching over to clang in the future so rather than spend "3 months" fighting GCC's linker then do it all over again switching to clang, they just switched.