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Actually, quite a few BSD people will be happy to have a non-GPL compiler. AFAIK, your comment is spot on for Linux, though.
by JoachimSchipper 16y ago
Actually, quite a few BSD people will be happy to have a non-GPL compiler.
AFAIK, your comment is spot on for Linux, though.
- _delirium 16y agoFor those BSDs that target a wide range of architectures (NetBSD is the canonical example), it'll be a while before they transition completely, since the gcc ports list is still considerably larger than the LLVM one.
- JoachimSchipper 16y agoSure, OpenBSD won't be transitioning anytime soon either - indeed, there are a lot of architectures that aren't supported by LLVM yet, and making sure everything worked with gcc-4.x was enough work...
- apl 16y agoYes, you're absolutely right. It's a blessing for the BSD community. However, when someone mentions "most/all" free operating systems, then Linux and related ecosystems are one hell of a big elephant in the room.