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Clang isn't LLVM and Clang was created from the start by paid Apple employees and open sourced by Apple. >One of the first uses of LLVM was an OpenGL code comp
by GeekyBear 5y ago
Clang isn't LLVM and Clang was created from the start by paid Apple employees and open sourced by Apple.
>One of the first uses of LLVM was an OpenGL code compiler for OS X
The LLVM project originally intended to use GCC's front end.
Apple chose to develop Clang, a new compiler front end that supports C, Objective-C and C++.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Clang#Background https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Clang#Background
Here's video of Apple's Chris Lattner giving a tech talk on the Google campus introducing Clang and LLVM 2.0 in 2007:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VeRaLPupGks https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VeRaLPupGks