Clang as default compiler November 4th

[Michael Butler]

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On 09/11/12 09:44, Christer Solskogen wrote:
> On Tue, Sep 11, 2012 at 3:32 PM, Steve Kargl
> <sgk at troutmask.apl.washington.edu> wrote:
>> Interest twist of history.  GCC is not abandonware.
> 
> Correct, but GCC 4.2.1 is.
> 

While this may be true, I'm not inclined to move any of my gear to a
platform which is built on a tool-chain which is described in terms such
as ..

"In particular, clang/LLVM presently fails to produce correct code for
some operations, and is not performance competitive with gcc for any."

- From the link (http://math-atlas.sourceforge.net/errata.html#WhatComp)
that Steve Kargl referenced (dated July 2012).

While I appreciate the desire and need to move away from a legally
encumbering environment, stability and maturity are both critical
considerations.

This is not to say that GCC 4.2.1 is either bug-free or sufficiently
featureful as more modern versions but its idiosyncrasies are better
known and understood,

	imb

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