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From: Steve Kargl <sgk@troutmask.apl.washington.edu>
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Subject: Re: Clang as default compiler November 4th
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On Tue, Sep 11, 2012 at 02:52:20PM +0200, Erik Cederstrand wrote:
> Den 11/09/2012 kl. 14.38 skrev Roman Divacky <rdivacky@freebsd.org>:
> > By the nature of "developing the OS" we are forced to use compilers and
> > toolchains. Recently I saw you submitting/committing patches with .byte
> > sequences because our default assembler cant handle the instructions.
> > I saw jhb@ updating binutils to support invept/invvpid.
> > 
> > In my eyes, switching to clang by default lowers the compiler/toolchain
> > maintenance burden we have.
> 
> I agree. Switching away from abandonware to a compiler that
> is actively maintained is a good thing.

Interest twist of history.  GCC is not abandonware.  I can
assure you GCC development is very much alive.  The abandonment
of GCC was a FreeBSD developers/community decision.

-- 
Steve