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I am looking forward to the day when I can have a full Clang/LLVM environment on my Windows machines without relying on MinGW. Hopefully this year!

• stinos 12y ago
  ..and integrated in VS so you can just select Toolset = Clang :P
  • bithush 12y ago
    Especially with the Community Edition of VS making it really easy for pretty much anyone to get access to VS. I like GCC and everything but I will be happy to leave it behind if I am honest. The politics are just too damn much for me these days. GCC should be about building a great compiler collection for the world but politics plays too big a part in it as seen with the whole AST debate going on again because of RMS. I just want a good compiler and standard library implementation. Between Clang/LLVM and VS Community I don't know if GCC will really have a huge place in the future for me.
    • 0xFFC 12y ago
      for you and people like you of course . people whos care about software freedom of course choosing GCC.
      • anon1385 12y ago
        Except the ones who want to do things that are 'forbidden' by RMS. Those people have no choice but to use LLVM. For example, a lot of academic work on compilers and languages can't easily use GCC, neither can people wanting to make more sophisticated tooling.
        • vetinari 12y ago
          The point of GCC is having a good compiler available to everyone, for any use. Not to be embedded everywhere in the look-but-don't-touch fashion. See also Linux kernels in most Android phones. That's exactly what GCC authors do not want.
        • pjc50 12y ago
          a lot of academic work on compilers and languages can't easily use GCC Could you explain why not? GPL-incompatible release requirements on the code produced? Admittedly it's not a very accessible codebase either.
          • pjmlp 12y ago
            I think it has to do with their plugins API, or lack thereof.
      • bithush 12y ago
        Clang currently supports my freedoms more than GCC with its political limitations holding it back.
  • taspeotis 12y ago
    Well it's coming to VS2015, just not for desktop apps. I assume that having the integration for any one platform greatly lowers the barrier for other platforms, though. > In Visual Studio 2015, that cross-platform reach is going to include C++, too. Microsoft's development environment will include support for the Clang compiler and LLVM infrastructure for targeting Android and, in a later iteration, iOS. http://arstechnica.com/information-technology/2014/11/visual-studio-2015-goes-even-more-cross-platform-with-clang-android-emulator/ http://arstechnica.com/information-technology/2014/11/visual...
  • mitchty 12y ago
    Already exists to a degree for some time. http://llvm.org/builds/ http://llvm.org/builds/ Under Windows Snapshot Builds. LLVM video on it from last year. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PX3UOXAlk0A https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PX3UOXAlk0A Slides from said talk http://llvm.org/devmtg/2014-04/PDFs/Talks/clang-cl.pdf http://llvm.org/devmtg/2014-04/PDFs/Talks/clang-cl.pdf