>>>> P.S.2.: why isn't LLVM deployed to replace gcc? isn't it capable to >>>> act >>>> as a >>>> drop-in replacement for gcc with the gcc front-end (for now)? >> >> Noone tackle this question.. My question is for real: can llvm already >> be >> used as a drop-in replacement of gcc or not? e.g. can I already rebuild >> my >> gentoo system (including the kernel) with llvm? :) > > If the question is "can llvm-gcc do absolutely everything that gcc can > do", the answer is no. That said, the known problems are in mostly > obscure areas. I would expect that you should be able to build a huge > percentage of your gentoo system with llvm-gcc, but probably not 100%.
Nice! So it seems I can start lobbying the gentoo devs to include llvm in the package tree and allow it to be used as an alternative to gcc. Thanks, Nuno _______________________________________________ cfe-dev mailing list [email protected] http://lists.cs.uiuc.edu/mailman/listinfo/cfe-dev
