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Alternative phrasing: they strive to maintain "backwards compatibility" rather than "compatibility with each other".
by mst 5y ago
Alternative phrasing: they strive to maintain "backwards compatibility" rather than "compatibility with each other".
- kllrnohj 5y agoFor libcxx & libstdc++ yes correct. Clang, however, does strive to maintain compatibility with G++. So you can build a library with clang & use it from g++. It strives, and for the most part achieves, to be a drop-in replacement for GCC, which includes ABI compatibility.