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One difference is that MS also has a free command-line compiler.
by metageek 16y ago
One difference is that MS also has a free command-line compiler.
- vtail 16y agohttp://www.opensource.apple.com/source/gcc/gcc-5646/ http://www.opensource.apple.com/source/gcc/gcc-5646/ http://llvm.org/releases/download.html http://llvm.org/releases/download.html
- goalieca 16y agogcc/clang are completely open source. In fact, the ones online are far more recent versions than what apple has been shipping. I believe apple still ships gcc42 as of the last free xcode.
- drdaeman 16y agoThat's because GCC has changed licensing to GPLv3, and Apple didn't like that. So they left with last GPLv2 version.
- j_baker 16y agoAre there really that many compelling additions to gcc since then? This is a serious question, not a rhetorical one.
- goalieca 16y agothe optimizers are significantly better, enhanced profiling, standards compliance more strict, c++0x additions, and improved compile times.
- tibbon 16y agofree as in beer, not your rights