Re: Why Clang

2012-06-21 Thread Wojciech Puchar
sources please! Google GPLv3 court case. There are no applicable results. Until a Judge decides what the license truly means everyone using it is at risk. true. But why anyone from FreeBSD fundation didn't just write official letter to GNU Free Software Foundation asking for just that

Re: Why Clang

2012-06-21 Thread Mark Felder
On Thu, 21 Jun 2012 12:36:03 -0500, Wojciech Puchar woj...@wojtek.tensor.gdynia.pl wrote: But why anyone from FreeBSD fundation didn't just write official letter to GNU Free Software Foundation asking for just that case? There needs to be a lawsuit and lawyers and judges need to be

Re: Why Clang

2012-06-21 Thread Robison, Dave
On 06/21/2012 10:30, Wojciech Puchar wrote: Because there's no reason to do that. It's an asinine suggestion. Clang is here to stay. Most of us are happy about that decision. GCC Because most that are not already stopped and ignored thing. and use GCC. Politics won. Excellent. We have a

Re: Why Clang

2012-06-21 Thread Roger B.A. Klorese
On 6/21/12 10:36 AM, Wojciech Puchar wrote: sources please! Google GPLv3 court case. There are no applicable results. Until a Judge decides what the license truly means everyone using it is at risk. true. But why anyone from FreeBSD fundation didn't just write official letter to GNU Free

Re: Why Clang

2012-06-21 Thread Stas Verberkt
Mark Felder schreef op 21-06-2012 19:28: On Thu, 21 Jun 2012 12:16:31 -0500, Wojciech Puchar woj...@wojtek.tensor.gdynia.pl wrote: programs compiled by GPLv3 compiler are not encumbered. This has not been decided in court yet. Additionally, the exceptions for using the GCC runtime library

Re: Why Clang

2012-06-21 Thread Wojciech Puchar
Additionally, the exceptions for using the GCC runtime library for non-GPL executables is limited to what hey call eligible compilation processes, what rules out using proprietary GCC plugins or other combinations of core GCC functionality with non-GPL tooling and extensions. Please note

Re: Why Clang

2012-06-21 Thread Joe Gain
On Thu, Jun 21, 2012 at 7:45 PM, Stas Verberkt lego...@legolasweb.nl wrote: Mark Felder schreef op 21-06-2012 19:28: On Thu, 21 Jun 2012 12:16:31 -0500, Wojciech Puchar woj...@wojtek.tensor.gdynia.pl wrote: programs compiled by GPLv3 compiler are not encumbered. This has not been decided

Re: Why Clang

2012-06-21 Thread Wojciech Puchar
So, has anyone compared the performance of clang vs gcc compiled in daily use-- for example as a server? Anyone can cherry pick a couple of binaries, but how important is this for the performance of FreeBSD world? not big, as with almost any compiler. Most workload are dominated by cache

Re: Why Clang

2012-06-21 Thread Waitman Gobble
On Jun 21, 2012 11:23 AM, Wojciech Puchar woj...@wojtek.tensor.gdynia.pl wrote: Additionally, the exceptions for using the GCC runtime library for non-GPL executables is limited to what hey call eligible compilation processes, what rules out using proprietary GCC plugins or other combinations

Re: Why Clang

2012-06-21 Thread Roger B.A. Klorese
On 6/21/12 10:30 AM, Wojciech Puchar wrote: z woj...@wojtek.tensor.gdynia.pl wrote: programs compiled by GPLv3 compiler are not encumbered. This has not been decided in court yet. sources please! Logical fallacy -- looking for a non-existence proof.

Re: Why Clang

2012-06-21 Thread Polytropon
On Thu, 21 Jun 2012 12:33:40 -0500, Mark Felder wrote: Google GPLv3 court case. There are no applicable results. Until a Judge decides what the license truly means everyone using it is at risk. As you've already been told it's not English it's Law I assume that there's not just one case

Re: Why Clang

2012-06-21 Thread Chad Perrin
On Thu, Jun 21, 2012 at 12:25:22AM +0200, Wojciech Puchar wrote: You're being paid to write a program for a customer. You i don't talk that case, but if i am hired to write some part of program as an employer in software company. There are basically four circumstances that might apply here,

Re: Why Clang

2012-06-21 Thread Chad Perrin
On Thu, Jun 21, 2012 at 06:11:46AM -0400, Thomas Mueller wrote: Snippet from Antonio Olivares olivares14...@gmail.com: I have some friends that develop software. They had released it under GNU umbrella. Later on, other folks were taking advantage and not giving back as the license

Re: Why Clang

2012-06-21 Thread Bernt Hansson
2012-06-21 19:33, Mark Felder skrev: On Thu, 21 Jun 2012 12:30:40 -0500, Wojciech Puchar woj...@wojtek.tensor.gdynia.pl wrote: z woj...@wojtek.tensor.gdynia.pl wrote: programs compiled by GPLv3 compiler are not encumbered. This has not been decided in court yet. sources please!

Re: Flaming mailing lists (was Re: Why Clang)

2012-06-21 Thread Bernt Hansson
2012-06-21 10:59, fred.mor...@gmail.com skrev: we have feelings too!!! Ouch! Another feeling person. Can't you just stop this feeling stuff. /sarcasm off ___ freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list

Re: Why Clang

2012-06-21 Thread Chad Perrin
On Thu, Jun 21, 2012 at 10:40:11AM +0200, Michel Talon wrote: Le 21 juin 2012 à 03:52, kpn...@pobox.com a écrit : All of this may seem stupid to a reasonable person outside of law. I'll agree that it probably does look stupid. But it is also the reality of the legal systems we must

Re: Why Clang

2012-06-21 Thread Chad Perrin
On Thu, Jun 21, 2012 at 01:06:12PM +0200, Wojciech Puchar wrote: for commercial sponsors of FreeBSD, it has zero bearing on FreeBSD itself. If FreeBSD appears as a subsidiary of some commercial company (say Juniper) i am not sure this will be good I think any project that size is actually

Re: Why Clang

2012-06-21 Thread Chad Perrin
On Thu, Jun 21, 2012 at 07:30:23PM +0200, Wojciech Puchar wrote: Because there's no reason to do that. It's an asinine suggestion. Clang is here to stay. Most of us are happy about that decision. GCC Because most that are not already stopped and ignored thing. and use GCC. Politics won.

Re: Flaming mailing lists (was Re: Why Clang)

2012-06-21 Thread Erich Dollansky
Hi, On Friday 22 June 2012 11:18:01 Bernt Hansson wrote: 2012-06-21 10:59, fred.mor...@gmail.com skrev: we have feelings too!!! Ouch! Another feeling person. Can't you just stop this feeling stuff. do not forget the feelings regarding the devil. Erich

Re: Flaming mailing lists (was Re: Why Clang)

2012-06-21 Thread Bernt Hansson
2012-06-22 06:50, Erich Dollansky skrev: Hi, On Friday 22 June 2012 11:18:01 Bernt Hansson wrote: 2012-06-21 10:59, fred.mor...@gmail.com skrev: we have feelings too!!! Ouch! Another feeling person. Can't you just stop this feeling stuff. do not forget the feelings regarding the devil.

Re: Flaming mailing lists (was Re: Why Clang)

2012-06-21 Thread Erich Dollansky
Hi, On Friday 22 June 2012 12:04:35 Bernt Hansson wrote: 2012-06-22 06:50, Erich Dollansky skrev: On Friday 22 June 2012 11:18:01 Bernt Hansson wrote: 2012-06-21 10:59, fred.mor...@gmail.com skrev: we have feelings too!!! Ouch! Another feeling person. Can't you just stop this feeling

Re: Why Clang

2012-06-20 Thread Fernando Apesteguía
On Tue, Jun 19, 2012 at 9:58 PM, Wojciech Puchar woj...@wojtek.tensor.gdynia.pl wrote: Does GPLv3 does force programs you compile with gcc to be GPLed? As far as I know, the main difference is that the GPLv3 is often called a viral license. Software linking against v3 libraries and so maybe

Re: Why Clang

2012-06-20 Thread Wojciech Puchar
Here[1] we can read a program linking agains a gpl v3 library should be released under the gplv3 too. However, the only concern would be when the program is implicitly linked against libgcc right? Well, there's even an exception[2] for this. this is exactly how i understand that. Anyway

Re: Why Clang

2012-06-20 Thread Volodymyr Kostyrko
Wojciech Puchar wrote: Here[1] we can read a program linking agains a gpl v3 library should be released under the gplv3 too. However, the only concern would be when the program is implicitly linked against libgcc right? Well, there's even an exception[2] for this. this is exactly how i

Re: Why Clang

2012-06-20 Thread Wojciech Puchar
The bad thing about GPLv3 is that if anyone commits any code under this license into the tree vendors that use our code base for making their own OSes will ditch FreeBSD as they can be sued by FSF. Juniper for example. It would be wise to listen to their point of view on GPLv3. not really

Re: Why Clang

2012-06-20 Thread Volodymyr Kostyrko
Wojciech Puchar wrote: The bad thing about GPLv3 is that if anyone commits any code under this license into the tree vendors that use our code base for making their own OSes will ditch FreeBSD as they can be sued by FSF. Juniper for example. It would be wise to listen to their point of view on

Re: Why Clang

2012-06-20 Thread Stephen Cook
On 6/19/2012 4:06 PM, Anonymous Remailer (austria) wrote: BSDL in opposite is often criticized a rape me license. No, it is not, except perhaps by lying atheist Marxist bastards and his religious adherents. Please don't use atheist as a derogatory term. There are plenty of capitalistic

Re: Why Clang

2012-06-20 Thread Fred Morcos
I am also a newcomer and I agree with Stephen. But I guess the only way is to simply ignore those who make such statements. I don't see much benefit in arguing or reasoning with them. On Wed, Jun 20, 2012 at 12:59 PM, Stephen Cook scli...@gmail.com wrote: On 6/19/2012 4:06 PM, Anonymous Remailer

Re: Why Clang

2012-06-20 Thread Jerry
On Wed, 20 Jun 2012 13:04:47 +0200 Fred Morcos articulated: On Wed, Jun 20, 2012 at 12:59 PM, Stephen Cook scli...@gmail.com wrote: On 6/19/2012 4:06 PM, Anonymous Remailer (austria) wrote: BSDL in opposite is often criticized a rape me license. No, it is not, except perhaps by lying

Re: Why Clang

2012-06-20 Thread Jakub Lach
Really, this format of discussion is rather exception than rule (from my experience). Nothing wrong with productive flaming for me, but it's just not typical code of conduct in FreeBSD mailing list at all. -- View this message in context:

Re: Why Clang

2012-06-20 Thread Wojciech Puchar
I'm a relative newcomer. Are the FreeBSD mailing lists always this flame-y? I no. it is temporary. ___ freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to

Re: Why Clang

2012-06-20 Thread Wojciech Puchar
A somewhat haphazardly search of the postings in this forum would seem to indicate that any post questioning the ethics or usefulness of FreeBSD as compared to other operating systems that elicit six or more strange but usefulness of FreeBSD wasn't questioned. By the way Fred, please don't

Re: Why Clang

2012-06-20 Thread Wojciech Puchar
Really, this format of discussion is rather exception than rule (from my experience). or rather - discussion is a rule :) ___ freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send

Re: Why Clang

2012-06-20 Thread Peter Ulrich Kruppa
On 20.06.2012 13:45, Jakub Lach wrote: Really, this format of discussion is rather exception than rule (from my experience). Nothing wrong with productive flaming for me, but it's just not typical code of conduct in FreeBSD mailing list at all. Actually I can't remember any flame-war about

Re: Why Clang

2012-06-20 Thread Jerry
On Wed, 20 Jun 2012 13:48:15 +0200 (CEST) Wojciech Puchar articulated: A somewhat haphazardly search of the postings in this forum would seem to indicate that any post questioning the ethics or usefulness of FreeBSD as compared to other operating systems that elicit six or more

Re: Why Clang

2012-06-20 Thread Wojciech Puchar
Nothing wrong with productive flaming for me, but it's just not typical code of conduct in FreeBSD mailing list at all. Actually I can't remember any flame-war about system compilers - this is the first one. because such situation like now never happened - changing C compiler to much worse

Flaming mailing lists (was Re: Why Clang)

2012-06-20 Thread Jonathan McKeown
On Wednesday 20 June 2012 12:59:51 Stephen Cook wrote: On 6/19/2012 4:06 PM, Anonymous Remailer (austria) wrote: [snip childish invective] I'm a relative newcomer. Are the FreeBSD mailing lists always this flame-y? I realize that this particular post might be trolling / satire No, they

Re: Flaming mailing lists (was Re: Why Clang)

2012-06-20 Thread Fred Morcos
On Wed, Jun 20, 2012 at 2:25 PM, Jonathan McKeown j.mcke...@ru.ac.za wrote: On Wednesday 20 June 2012 12:59:51 Stephen Cook wrote: On 6/19/2012 4:06 PM, Anonymous Remailer (austria) wrote: [snip childish invective] I'm a relative newcomer. Are the FreeBSD mailing lists always this flame-y?

Re: Why Clang

2012-06-20 Thread Julian H. Stacey
Polytropon wrote: I assume it's just an aspect of still being too young in regards of missing the difference between freedom and anarchy: the right to extend one's freedom is limited as soon as it limits the freedom of others. Maybe another aspect is the lack of discussion culture and the

Re: Why Clang

2012-06-20 Thread Wojciech Puchar
They could be reduced by a combo. of eg: - forcible unsub, black list, - block of anon. remailer domains - making this list subscribtion required before posting. (which would make it harder for newbies fresh to FreeBSD, but we need some

Re: Why Clang

2012-06-20 Thread Reid Linnemann
On Wed, Jun 20, 2012 at 7:17 AM, Wojciech Puchar woj...@wojtek.tensor.gdynia.pl wrote: Nothing wrong with productive flaming for me, but it's just not typical code of conduct in FreeBSD mailing list at all. Actually I can't remember any flame-war about system compilers - this is the first

Re: Why Clang

2012-06-20 Thread Wojciech Puchar
it is only a proof that it was decided to put it as FreeBSD default compiler. Everything is said, explained and discusse why this decision is made.. So Explanation about the decision was already made isn't explanation. but i don't require any explanation. actually i don't require anything.

Re: Why Clang

2012-06-20 Thread Wojciech Puchar
I have some friends that develop software. They had released it under GNU umbrella. Later on, other folks were taking advantage and not isn't it that once you release your own work as GPL you don't really own this and even you cannot use it in closed source software?

Re: Why Clang

2012-06-20 Thread Polytropon
On Wed, 20 Jun 2012 22:06:31 +0200 (CEST), Wojciech Puchar wrote: I have some friends that develop software. They had released it under GNU umbrella. Later on, other folks were taking advantage and not isn't it that once you release your own work as GPL you don't really own this and

Re: Why Clang

2012-06-20 Thread Chad Perrin
On Wed, Jun 20, 2012 at 10:06:31PM +0200, Wojciech Puchar wrote: I have some friends that develop software. They had released it under GNU umbrella. Later on, other folks were taking advantage and not isn't it that once you release your own work as GPL you don't really own this and even

Re: Why Clang

2012-06-20 Thread Wojciech Puchar
isn't it that once you release your own work as GPL you don't really own this and even you cannot use it in closed source software? Releasing something as GPL does not mean you give up copyright. If I understood this whole thing correctly, I'm not a lawyer but i repeat what i've read time ago,

Re: Why Clang

2012-06-20 Thread Wojciech Puchar
isn't it that once you release your own work as GPL you don't really own this and even you cannot use it in closed source software? When you license something, you still own the copyright. You can then release it under other licenses as well, and for versions you have modified you can release

Re: Why Clang

2012-06-20 Thread Polytropon
On Wed, 20 Jun 2012 23:57:17 +0200 (CEST), Wojciech Puchar wrote: from what i know (still, possibly incorrent) if i am hired as a programmer and write a program, this program belong to the company and i couldn't use it everywhere at least officially. That is highly debatable and mostly

Re: Why Clang

2012-06-20 Thread Wojciech Puchar
You're being paid to write a program for a customer. You i don't talk that case, but if i am hired to write some part of program as an employer in software company. So - if authors of any project, no matter how numerous, will all without exception agree that they want to get rid of GPL,

Re: Why Clang

2012-06-20 Thread Polytropon
On Thu, 21 Jun 2012 00:25:22 +0200 (CEST), Wojciech Puchar wrote: You're being paid to write a program for a customer. You i don't talk that case, but if i am hired to write some part of program as an employer in software company. Sorry, I misread the situation. In this case I assume that

Re: Why Clang

2012-06-20 Thread Julian H. Stacey
Hi Polytropon, cc questions@ (No CC Wojciech P. as my local filters drop text from him ) To translate this to a programmer's job: You're being paid to write a program for a customer. You deliver the program. That's what you are paid for. Still the source code is yours (as _you_ are the

Re: Why Clang

2012-06-20 Thread Robert Bonomi
...@gmail.com Subject: Re: Why Clang On Thu, 21 Jun 2012 00:25:22 +0200 (CEST), Wojciech Puchar wrote: You're being paid to write a program for a customer. You i don't talk that case, but if i am hired to write some part of program as an employer in software company. Sorry, I misread

Re: Why Clang

2012-06-19 Thread Vladimir Kushnir
On Tue, 19 Jun 2012, Wojciech Puchar wrote: Sorry, my last header wrongly to Mark Felder, could give the wrong impression. I would like Wojciech Puchar (not Mark F.) to stop banging on about 'GNU communist licence' etc. because you don't like facts. No you don't. You like what YOU (and

Re: Why Clang

2012-06-19 Thread Wojciech Puchar
No you don't. You like what YOU (and ONLY you) think of as facts (see below). still not explained what is wrong in comparing end results of benchmark and seeing that they are quite same. This is the only meaningful point for me. I live ideology for others. Only facts? Well and good. Do you

Re: Why Clang?

2012-06-19 Thread Thomas Mueller
from David Naylor: I am the one who sends these persistent messages. Some users of my packages reported that wine didn't run due to a clang compiled world. I never verified them (although I got multiple reports). With the updates to clang it may have also been corrected. I attributed the

Re: Why Clang?

2012-06-19 Thread Robert Huff
Thomas Mueller writes: Now how will I know whether GCC or Clang is the default compiler for building the world and kernel, and for ports? My understanding is: 8.* base - gcc ports - gcc 9.0 (and possibly 9.*) base - gcc ports - clang

Re: Why Clang

2012-06-19 Thread Julian H. Stacey
Wojciech Puchar wrote: If you cannot see this - i cannot help you any more. sorry. Your noise is no help. Use appropriate lists. http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo Cheers, Julian -- Julian Stacey, BSD Unix Linux C Sys Eng Consultants Munich http://berklix.com Reply below not

Re: Why Clang

2012-06-19 Thread Nomen Nescio
Only facts? Well and good. Do you have any proof GNU is in any way connected to any communist movement? Yes, see the Gnu Manifesto. Hint: it's named that way for a reason. Do you have any facts (NOT living in your head) GPLvX is in any way inspired/based on/even remotely connected to/ ANY

Re: Why Clang?

2012-06-19 Thread Joe Gain
On Tue, Jun 19, 2012 at 1:42 PM, Robert Huff roberth...@rcn.com wrote: Thomas Mueller writes:  Now how will I know whether GCC or Clang is the default compiler  for building the world and kernel, and for ports?        My understanding is:        8.*        base - gcc        ports - gcc

Re: Why Clang

2012-06-19 Thread Michel Talon
David Brodbeck said: Another way of looking at it is after 25 years of optimization GCC is unable to beat a new compiler that's had almost none... Unfortunately this affirmation is blatantly false, recent gcc produce code much faster than clang. I give here an example which i like, a monte carlo

Re: Why Clang

2012-06-19 Thread Fred Morcos
I would also guess that the base system is stuck with gcc ~4.1 due to the GPLv3-ization of later gcc version. Is that correct? On Tue, Jun 19, 2012 at 4:43 PM, Michel Talon ta...@lpthe.jussieu.fr wrote: David Brodbeck said: Another way of looking at it is after 25 years of optimization GCC is

Re: Why Clang

2012-06-19 Thread Mark Felder
On Tue, 19 Jun 2012 10:14:25 -0500, Fred Morcos fred.mor...@gmail.com wrote: I would also guess that the base system is stuck with gcc ~4.1 due to the GPLv3-ization of later gcc version. Is that correct? Yes, 4.2.1 is the latest we can use. Also, I have no idea what version of Clang

Re: Why Clang

2012-06-19 Thread Chad Perrin
You should really configure your email client to attribute quoted commentary properly (or, as a first step, at all). On Tue, Jun 19, 2012 at 06:51:00AM +0200, Wojciech Puchar wrote: be more exact. I believe Robert Bonomi (you didn't include attribution for the previous email, I notice)

Re: Why Clang

2012-06-19 Thread Peter Ulrich Kruppa
On 19.06.2012 16:43, Michel Talon wrote: David Brodbeck said: Another way of looking at it is after 25 years of optimization GCC is unable to beat a new compiler that's had almost none... Unfortunately this affirmation is blatantly false, recent gcc produce code much faster than clang. I

Re: Why Clang

2012-06-19 Thread Wojciech Puchar
lilas% clang -v Apple clang version 2.1 (tags/Apple/clang-163.7.1) (based on LLVM 3.0svn) Target: x86_64-apple-darwin11.4.0 lilas% clang -O4 test.c -lf2c lilas% time ./a.out ... real 0m2.359s user 0m2.341s sys 0m0.003s lilas% /usr/local/bin/gcc -v ? gcc version 4.6.1 (GCC) lilas%

Re: Why Clang

2012-06-19 Thread Wojciech Puchar
I would also guess that the base system is stuck with gcc ~4.1 due to the GPLv3-ization of later gcc version. Is that correct? true. anyway - can someone point me an article about explaining in human language (contrary to lawyer language) why GPLv3 is more limiting in reality over v2 .

Re: Why Clang

2012-06-19 Thread Wojciech Puchar
programs like mencoder which require the highest efficiency. Really - just to throw in another opinion: As an average user I don't see any performance impact on my clang-built desktop-every-day-workstation. The only thing that is getting on my nerves are some ports I frequently have to

Re: Why Clang

2012-06-19 Thread Polytropon
On Tue, 19 Jun 2012 19:54:45 +0200 (CEST), Wojciech Puchar wrote: anyway - can someone point me an article about explaining in human language (contrary to lawyer language) why GPLv3 is more limiting in reality over v2 . Does GPLv3 does force programs you compile with gcc to be GPLed? As

Re: Why Clang

2012-06-19 Thread Wojciech Puchar
Does GPLv3 does force programs you compile with gcc to be GPLed? As far as I know, the main difference is that the GPLv3 is often called a viral license. Software linking against v3 libraries and so maybe programs compiled by a v3 compiler will have - according to the license - to be released

RE: Why Clang

2012-06-19 Thread Sean Cavanaugh
i wouldn't be surprised that FreeBSD team would decide to go back to gcc soon. I would as one of the driving forces of the change was to replace GPL licensed code in FreeBSD core with more permissive licensed code. This helps to remove a massive legal encumberment for a lot of developers who

Re: Why Clang

2012-06-19 Thread Anonymous Remailer (austria)
GPL protects the freedom of the programmer who licensed his code under those licenses: He wants it to be free for use, but not to be turned into closed source products. What a lying sonofabitch. That is not called freedom. That is called forcible, viral open source. I think we can all see the

Re: Why Clang

2012-06-19 Thread Eitan Adler
On 19 June 2012 12:58, Wojciech Puchar woj...@wojtek.tensor.gdynia.pl wrote: Does GPLv3 does force programs you compile with gcc to be GPLed? As far as I know, the main difference is that the GPLv3 is often called a viral license. Software linking against v3 libraries and so maybe programs

Re: Why Clang

2012-06-19 Thread Fred Morcos
I don't see much fruit coming out of that conversation anymore. On Tue, Jun 19, 2012 at 10:06 PM, Anonymous Remailer (austria) mixmas...@remailer.privacy.at wrote: GPL protects the freedom of the programmer who licensed his code under those licenses: He wants it to be free for use, but not to

Re: Why Clang

2012-06-19 Thread Polytropon
On Tue, 19 Jun 2012 22:06:49 +0200 (CEST), Anonymous Remailer (austria) wrote: GPL protects the freedom of the programmer who licensed his code under those licenses: He wants it to be free for use, but not to be turned into closed source products. What a lying sonofabitch. By insulting

Re: Why Clang

2012-06-19 Thread Евгений Лактанов
20.06.2012 00:06, Anonymous Remailer (austria) пишет: GPL protects the freedom of the programmer who licensed his code under those licenses: He wants it to be free for use, but not to be turned into closed source products. What a lying sonofabitch. That is not called freedom. That is called

Re: Why Clang

2012-06-19 Thread Евгений Лактанов
20.06.2012 00:50, Polytropon пишет: On Tue, 19 Jun 2012 22:06:49 +0200 (CEST), Anonymous Remailer (austria) wrote: GPL protects the freedom of the programmer who licensed his code under those licenses: He wants it to be free for use, but not to be turned into closed source products. What a

Re: Why Clang

2012-06-19 Thread Polytropon
On Wed, 20 Jun 2012 01:09:11 +0400, Евгений Лактанов wrote: 20.06.2012 00:50, Polytropon пишет: On Tue, 19 Jun 2012 22:06:49 +0200 (CEST), Anonymous Remailer (austria) wrote: GPL protects the freedom of the programmer who licensed his code under those licenses: He wants it to be free for

Re: Why Clang

2012-06-19 Thread Chad Perrin
On Tue, Jun 19, 2012 at 10:06:49PM +0200, Anonymous Remailer (austria) wrote: GPL protects the freedom of the programmer who licensed his code under those licenses: He wants it to be free for use, but not to be turned into closed source products. What a lying sonofabitch. That is not

Re: Why Clang

2012-06-19 Thread Wojciech Puchar
but not to be turned into closed source products. What a lying sonofabitch. That is not called freedom. That is called forcible, viral open source. I think we can all see the difference. Open your motherfucking eyes, communist goofball... Give him a break. His heart is in the right place,

Re: Why Clang?

2012-06-18 Thread Thomas Mueller
On 17 June 2012 21:37, Thomas Mueller mueller...@insightbb.com wrote: What is the current status of Clang vs. GCC as default compiler for ports and for make buildworld and make buildkernel in HEAD and 9.0-STABLE? http://wiki.freebsd.org/PortsAndClang Now one concern is wine not

Re: Why Clang?

2012-06-18 Thread Matthew Seaman
On 18/06/2012 05:37, Thomas Mueller wrote: What is the current status of Clang vs. GCC as default compiler for ports and for make buildworld and make buildkernel in HEAD and 9.0-STABLE? Most ports work fine with clang -- at the last count 18252 out of 23661 ports compiled just fine. Of the

Re: Why Clang?

2012-06-18 Thread Volodymyr Kostyrko
Thomas Mueller wrote: Now one concern is wine not working when Clang is used to make buildworld. For me I'm just waiting on toolchain stabilization as both this one and (open|libre)office fail because of libgcc_s compiled with clang on amd64. -- Sphinx of black quartz judge my vow.

Re: Why Clang?

2012-06-18 Thread Nomen Nescio
clang already compiles the system perfectly well. I'm using it by default for that on my personal machines without problems. Any remaining clang-bugs in the system would be few and far between and generally in areas which are quite hard to trigger. clang with ports is less well covered.

Re: Why Clang

2012-06-18 Thread Wojciech Puchar
Clang is consistently faster at compiling than GCC and it is very clean and modular -- not bloated. -r-xr-xr-x 3 root wheel 37025016 12 cze 21:46 /usr/bin/clang well.. hope you just left the debugging symbols in and statically linked it? standard FreeBSD built, assumed freebsd build

Re: Why Clang?

2012-06-18 Thread David Naylor
Hi, On Monday, 18 June 2012 09:19:28 Thomas Mueller wrote: On 17 June 2012 21:37, Thomas Mueller mueller...@insightbb.com wrote: Now one concern is wine not working when Clang is used to make buildworld. This isn't good. Can you please follow up with more debugging information?

Re: Why Clang

2012-06-18 Thread Mark Felder
On Sun, 17 Jun 2012 15:13:05 -0500, Wojciech Puchar woj...@wojtek.tensor.gdynia.pl wrote: Clang is consistently faster at compiling than GCC and it is very clean and modular -- not bloated. -r-xr-xr-x 3 root wheel 37025016 12 cze 21:46 /usr/bin/clang well.. # ls -la

Re: Why Clang

2012-06-18 Thread Wojciech Puchar
Are you sure CLANG is the bloated project? already posted comparision. your seems like too much propaganda. I don't say clang is just bad, but i prefer real data over hype. ___ freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list

Re: Why Clang

2012-06-18 Thread Mark Felder
On Mon, 18 Jun 2012 10:50:37 -0500, Wojciech Puchar woj...@wojtek.tensor.gdynia.pl wrote: I don't say clang is just bad, but i prefer real data over hype. This is the most memorable and impacting set of graphs that I remember. I haven't followed the data much since.

Re: Why Clang

2012-06-18 Thread Wojciech Puchar
I don't say clang is just bad, but i prefer real data over hype. This is the most memorable and impacting set of graphs that I remember. I haven't followed the data much since. http://clang.llvm.org/performance-2008-10-31.html Now imagine having to rebuild projects constantly during your

Re: Why Clang

2012-06-18 Thread Mark Felder
On Mon, 18 Jun 2012 11:37:55 -0500, Wojciech Puchar woj...@wojtek.tensor.gdynia.pl wrote: This tens or hundreds of thousands of work-hours could be spent far better by getting latest gcc available on GPLv2 licence and start from there, just improving it. We already have the latest

Re: Why Clang

2012-06-18 Thread Wojciech Puchar
We already have the latest available with GPLv2, which is very far behind and it requires GCC codebase experts to make any changes at all. This is equivalent to letting any random coder make major changes to OpenSSL -- you simply cannot afford to risk it. so not doing anything and just spent

Re: Why Clang

2012-06-18 Thread Mark Felder
Please stop asking for instant gratification; you won't have it no matter how loud you yell. The Clang decision is far-reaching and gives numerous advantages to the FreeBSD platform. It's also not been a waste of time; you're implying that the FreeBSD devs have spent thousands of hours

Re: Why Clang

2012-06-18 Thread Joe Gain
On Mon, Jun 18, 2012 at 6:56 PM, Mark Felder f...@feld.me wrote: Please stop asking for instant gratification; you won't have it no matter how loud you yell. The Clang decision is far-reaching and gives numerous advantages to the FreeBSD platform. It's also not been a waste of time; you're

Re: Why Clang

2012-06-18 Thread Franci Nabalanci
Apple had no problem using a GPL v2 licensed compiler. It looks like they have a huge problem using a GPL v3 licensed compiler. On Mon, Jun 18, 2012 at 12:21 PM, Joe Gain joe.g...@gmail.com wrote: On Mon, Jun 18, 2012 at 6:56 PM, Mark Felder f...@feld.me wrote: Please stop asking for instant

Re: Why Clang

2012-06-18 Thread Wojciech Puchar
pear-shaped. Clang is a great set of compiler tools. If you are only a user, as you suggest, as i suggested - i am a user of compiler. i do compile my own programs, as well as programs from ports. and i hate just telling something is white while it is at most grey.

Re: Why Clang

2012-06-18 Thread Wojciech Puchar
Please stop asking for instant gratification; you won't have it no matter how loud you yell. gratification Seems like you ask for it. The Clang decision is far-reaching and gives numerous advantages to the FreeBSD platform. for example what?

Re: Why Clang

2012-06-18 Thread Joe Gain
On Mon, Jun 18, 2012 at 8:34 PM, Wojciech Puchar woj...@wojtek.tensor.gdynia.pl wrote: Please stop asking for instant gratification; you won't have it no matter how loud you yell. gratification  Seems like you ask for it. This might be to gratuitous for most on the list, but diversity

Re: Why Clang

2012-06-18 Thread David Brodbeck
On Mon, Jun 18, 2012 at 4:37 PM, Wojciech Puchar woj...@wojtek.tensor.gdynia.pl wrote: And the facts are: Lots of worktime were spent to make new C compiler from scratch and this resulted with thing 5 times larger, working at similar speed and producing similar code to GCC that is already

Re: Why Clang

2012-06-18 Thread Robison, Dave
GPL runs contrary to the nature and intent of the BSD style license. Free and open software benefits us all. Getting rid of GPL is a good thing, and well worth any (debatable) performance hits. -- Dave Robison Sales Solution Architect II FIS Banking Solutions 510/621-2089 (w) 530/518-5194 (c)

Re: Why Clang

2012-06-18 Thread Wojciech Puchar
gratification  Seems like you ask for it. This might be to gratuitous for most on the list, but diversity is almost reason enough. And I don't mean this is some sort of fashion-way. I think llvm and clang are interesting and serious projects. never told otherwise. i just try to do what

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