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> This is the biggest problem with the LLVM mentality: they use architecture support as a means to extract support (i.e. salaried dev positions) from hardware c
by khuey 3y ago
> This is the biggest problem with the LLVM mentality: they use architecture support as a means to extract support (i.e. salaried dev positions) from hardware companies.
I have a hard time seeing this as a bad thing. Hardware companies seem like the most logical people to pay for maintaining support for the architectures they sell.
- crotchfire 3y agoThe pain is inflicted not on the hardware companies or future customers, but on their past customers. Their customers pay full cost up front. Vendors can pay full dev cost up front too. GCC's model encourages this.