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Gcc is still the default on GNU/Linux systems which are orders of magnitude more mainstream than FreeBSD.

• anthk 7y ago
  So what? Clang under OSX compiling both OSX and iOS projects is far more widespread.
  • samatman 7y ago
    On computers-with-keyboards, maybe, probably even. On a per-kernel basis, absolutely not, even before we consider Androids.
    • andoriyu 7y ago
      > The Android and ChromeOS Linux distributions have moved to building their Linux kernels with Clang, and Google is currently testing Clang built kernels for their production Linux kernels." https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_products_based_on_FreeBSD https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_products_based_on_Free... You have no idea how many places FreeBSD actually runs in.
    • favorited 7y ago
      Google uses Clang to build the kernel for Android.
      • samatman 7y ago
        Which is interesting but hardly relevant. To quote: > > Gcc is still the default on GNU/Linux systems which are orders of magnitude more mainstream than FreeBSD. > So what? Clang under OSX compiling both OSX and iOS projects is far more widespread. I'm asserting that there are more Linux kernels compiled under GCC than there are OSX kernels running Clang (so macOS) compiling OSX and iOS projects. I think that's on pretty solid ground.
        • ndesaulniers 7y ago
          Clang is required for all of Android including Linux kernels going forward. Once devices start to age out, this will tip over time.
          • samatman 7y ago
            It doesn't increase the number of macOS kernels, or decrease the number of Linux servers (including virtualized ones, which seems fair), so I doubt it tips the balance. All I'm saying is that, because of servers, there are more GCC'ed Linux kernels than there are Clang'ed macOS kernels, and this will probably remain true indefinitely. If AWS starts Clangin' on their Linux kernels, then maybe not. The trend toward Clang is pretty clear at this point; could happen.
            • ndesaulniers 7y ago
              Fair point. Google is close to shipping clang built Linux kernels in their data centers (usable VM images for external users already are), but Amazon and Microsoft both have very large clouds as well. I'd guess it's still way less than mobile devices, but I don't have a good sense for how the numbers compare in terms of number of devices in existence for mobile va cloud.
• ndesaulniers 7y ago
  Not on Android, which is an order of magnitude more mainstream than any other Linux distribution.