mikemcquaid

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   by mikemcquaid 15y ago

   You could make the same argument about 64-bit Linux. It got fixed. The same will happen on OSX. People (myself included) will write patches and get them accepted upstream.
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   by mikemcquaid 15y ago

   Clang is better at compiling things than LLVM-GCC. It's the default in Homebrew with Xcode 4.3 and is only getting better. It seems to compile most things fine and what it doesn't we will actively try and fix if you file a bug.
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   by mikemcquaid 15y ago

   GCC has been on the way out for a long time since they switched to GPLv3. The latest GCC version provided by Apple was 4.2 which is really quite outdated now. Clang is a faster and BSD-licensed compiler that Apple is putting all its weight
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   by mikemcquaid 15y ago

   Homebrew does have binary packages (we call them bottles). I'm the guy who implemented the feature and I am realising that as I didn't shout very loudly people don't realise that it exists. For example Qt has a bottle: https://github.com/m
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   by mikemcquaid 15y ago

   Homebrew does have binary packages (we call them bottles). I'm the guy who implemented the feature and I am realising that as I didn't shout very loudly people don't realise that it exists. For example Qt has a bottle: https://github.com/m