________________________________ > Date: Sun, 2 Jun 2013 13:43:24 -0700 > Subject: Re: [Python-Dev] New FreeBSD 10.0-CURRENT buildbot > From: [email protected] > To: [email protected] > CC: [email protected] > > > On Sun, Jun 2, 2013 at 12:51 PM, Carlos Nepomuceno > <[email protected]<mailto:[email protected]>> > wrote: > ---------------------------------------- > > Date: Sun, 2 Jun 2013 15:12:43 +1000 > > From: [email protected]<mailto:[email protected]> > > To: [email protected]<mailto:[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. >
I've been to a Clang presentation and one of the important features they've shown were the improved error messages. But I didn't try it yet. -- http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/python-list
