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"Thanks to Lattner’s online resume and other sources, we know that LLVM is “deeply integrated” with Xcode, and that it was used to build the latest versions of
by astral303 13y ago
"Thanks to Lattner’s online resume and other sources, we know that LLVM is “deeply integrated” with Xcode, and that it was used to build the latest versions of Mac OS X and iOS."
Ugh. Linkbait headline and "brilliant" reporting--the "other sources" must be the entire front page of a Google search for "Xcode LLVM".
It seems like an incredible stretch to claim that it's the last thread holding Apple and Google together. I do not believe that there is a single Google or Apple engineer that would not want to reuse a tool or a library between the two companies.
- killercup 13y agoThanks, that's exactly what I just wanted to write.
- revelation 13y agoThe author doesn't seem to understand that this is just a compiler. From him, it sounds like LLVM is the magic sauce in smartphone software on the planet.
- jtome 13y agoI actually know very little about the LLVM, so the article had me almost confused for a second until I confirmed that the LLVM is just a compiler as I thought. Ignoring the issues with his analysis of google and apple being brought together by the LLVM, which has its own issues, this is a really horrible article. And the android NDK uses the gcc.