On Fri, Oct 23, 2015 at 04:43:50AM -0400, Mayuresh Kathe wrote: > i have been reading up online news about the core team considering a move > from 'gcc' to "clang/llvm". > is it really true? wouldn't that add a whole lot of complexity to the base > system? isn't clang/llvm written in c++11? wouldn't 'pcc' be a better > alternative? especially because (i think) openbsd is striving to deliver a > compact base install with as small a disk footprint as possible! > i had heard rumours about the openbsd core team having a part of openbsd > built using 'pcc', is it true? if yes, did that effort not produce desirable > results?
There are more things to LLVM/clang than its complexity and the fact that it's written in C++. GCC is also pretty complex. For a better clarification, check this: http://marc.info/?l=openbsd-misc&m=137530560232232&w=2 Cheers, -- db
