If clang takes off, GCC will take a lot more bashing, simply because meaningless flame-wars are the nastiest. If there's a clear winner, you run with it. If th

If clang takes off, GCC will take a lot more bashing, simply because meaningless flame-wars are the nastiest. If there's a clear winner, you run with it. If the tools are really different, (i.e. Python vs. C), you pick the right tool for the job. If the tools do essentially the same thing in slightly different ways, with slight advantages and disadvantages in some areas (i.e. KDE / Gnome; vi / emacs; Linux / BSD) then you resort to ad hominem attacks.