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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
by 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 agoThe 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 agoa 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 agoI think it has to do with their plugins API, or lack thereof.