On 2017-04-20, Heiko <bd09c6fmxoq2...@intermezzo.net> wrote: > So I guess the main advantage is the license? > Or is clang technically (binaries, debug) better?
OpenBSD does not live in a bubble. If it did, we could still be using gcc 2.95. But it turns out people, including OpenBSD developers, want to run third-party software. And the ecosystem requires a modern compiler. You know what an amd64 package bulk build looks like? First, we use our system compiler to build gcc 4.9. Then we use gcc 4.9 to build clang. And then we use clang to build interesting stuff, like web browsers. Stages like a moonshot rocket. If we want to continue to be able to run third-party software, we need a newer compiler. -- Christian "naddy" Weisgerber na...@mips.inka.de
