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I heard a lot of the people who develop /GNU//Linux are paid for their work. I'm surprised this is not the case for open source compilers. It begs the question,
by NAFV_P 13y ago
I heard a lot of the people who develop /GNU//Linux are paid for their work. I'm surprised this is not the case for open source compilers.
It begs the question, what is more important, an operating system or a compiler?
I would say a compiler is more important, since not many coders will want to write an operating system in assembly. On the other hand, I would have much trouble using a compiler with no operating system.
- pascal_cuoq 13y agoSeveral engineers working on LLVM or Clang are paid by Google or Apple. The reasons these two companies are not funding GCC are political, not technical, otherwise I bet they would gladly fund both efforts, if only for the healthy emulation.
- NAFV_P 13y agoWhen you say political, are you referring to the licences? GPL seems to be losing popularity at the moment.