On 9 February 2010 16:11, Giorgos Keramidas <keram...@ceid.upatras.gr>wrote:
> 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. > > I believe that CLANG will generate quicker code as well from what I have read about it. Which will be nice _______________________________________________ freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to "freebsd-questions-unsubscr...@freebsd.org"
