On Mon, 8 Feb 2010 12:58:07 -0700, Chad Perrin <per...@apotheon.com> wrote: >On Mon, Feb 08, 2010 at 03:00:00PM +0000, Frank Shute wrote: >> >> AFAIK, the system compiler is going to be clang in the future and for >> ports you'll install a compiler from ports. > > Can you provide a URL for some discussion of this? I hadn't heard > that FreeBSD was moving to Clang.
There are no concrete plans to ditch gcc from the base system. The GPLv3 license of GCC and binutils does pose a few interesting problems. On the other hand, Clang is a nice project, whose license *is* compatible with a BSD-style license. Several FreeBSD developers have tried building the base system with it and are active at the development forums of Clang. So it's probably a safe assumption to make that Clang is not ready *yet*, but may be an interesting alternative to GCC in the near future.
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