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Many, but not as many as gcc. Gcc being the only game in town for about thirty years gave it a massive head start, and gcc existed during an explosion in differ

Many, but not as many as gcc. Gcc being the only game in town for about thirty years gave it a massive head start, and gcc existed during an explosion in different isas and architectures. Every obscure processor in the world seems to have a gcc backend. Clang much less so. But clang supports all the modern “important” isas, so as a practical matter, it doesn’t matter that much for everyday use.

skissane 4y ago
My impression is, GCC development team is more open to mainlining support for obscure architectures, Clang/LLVM require stronger evidence of demand and maintenance commitment. Of course, 99.9% of people don't use any obscure architecture, so that's irrelevant to them.