On Sun, Jun 2, 2013 at 12:51 PM, Carlos Nepomuceno < [email protected]> wrote:
> ---------------------------------------- > > Date: Sun, 2 Jun 2013 15:12:43 +1000 > > From: [email protected] > > To: [email protected] > > Subject: [Python-Dev] New FreeBSD 10.0-CURRENT buildbot > [...] > > koobs-freebsd10-amd64 (clang is default here) > > > Does CPython code compiled with clang runs faster than gcc? > > Why did you chose clang? Any benchmarks? Any benefits? > Clang is sometimes favored over gcc for its non-GPL license; I believe the FreeBSD project sees this as an important issue. In general, the more C compilers a piece of C code compiles on, the fewer bugs are left in it, because different C compilers tend to catch different problems - even with cranked up warnings.
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