Re: GCC vs. LLVM

From	rbowman <bowman@montana.com>
Newsgroups	comp.os.linux.misc
Subject	Re: GCC vs. LLVM
Date	2026-11-01 01:45 +0000
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On Sun, 01 Nov 2026 00:39:59 +0000, Nuno Silva wrote:

> On 2026-10-31, Lawrence D’Oliveiro wrote:
> 
>> On Sat, 31 Oct 2026 10:30:39 -0400, jayjwa wrote:
>>
>>> Clang whines alot on perfectly good code, but some of the graphics
>>> stuff requires it. I think Mesa and also AMD ROCm.
>>
>> Why Clang and not GCC?
>>
>> Because those companies are afraid of the GPL, aren’t they?
> 
> Didn't a recent post to this group suggest Apple invested in clang+llvm
> because of absurd "fear" of GPLv3?

I wouldn't call it fear. Apple initially attempted to use ggc as the front 
end to llvm. There was little interest in the gcc maintainers to support 
Objective C so Apple would have had to modify gcc, taking a big bite out 
of the poisoned apple.

Which is more free, one of the many permissive licenses or GPLv3?

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Substantive Comments Please: GCC vs. LLMV Leroy H <lh@somewhere.net> - 2026-10-31 03:11 +0000
  Re: Substantive Comments Please: GCC vs. LLMV Computer Nerd Kev <not@telling.you.invalid> - 2026-10-31 17:28 +1000
    Re: Substantive Comments Please: GCC vs. LLMV Leroy H <lh@somewhere.net> - 2026-10-31 13:25 +0000
  Re: Substantive Comments Please: GCC vs. LLMV jayjwa <jayjwa@atr2.ath.cx.invalid> - 2026-10-31 10:30 -0400
    Re: Substantive Comments Please: GCC vs. LLMV Leroy H <lh@somewhere.net> - 2026-10-31 15:12 +0000
    Re: Substantive Comments Please: GCC vs. LLMV rbowman <bowman@montana.com> - 2026-10-31 19:21 +0000
    Re: GCC vs. LLVM Lawrence D’Oliveiro <ldo@nz.invalid> - 2026-10-31 21:06 +0000
      Re: GCC vs. LLVM Nuno Silva <nunojsilva@invalid.invalid> - 2026-11-01 00:39 +0000
        Re: GCC vs. LLVM rbowman <bowman@montana.com> - 2026-11-01 01:45 +0000

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