On Monday, 28 October 2013 at 08:02:45 UTC, Jacob Carlborg wrote:
No, I don't see any advantage. Although I don't like that Apple silently changes what gcc/g++ is.
They are trying to phase out GCC altogether, as they are stuck with an ancient version due to licensing issues (GPLv3).
The Clang driver was specifically engineered to be a drop-in replacement for GCC, so given that many Makefiles are hard-coded to use "gcc" or "g++", I think what they are doing makes sense.
David
