More Details On GCC & LLVM Collaboration

Written by Michael Larabel in GNU on 6 August 2014 at 09:43 AM EDT. 3 Comments
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Last month in Cambridge was the 2014 GNU Tools Cauldron where GCC as a JIT compiler and other interesting topics were discussed by developers. One of the topics discussed was surrounding better collaboration between GCC and LLVM developers.

While in my earlier 2014 GNU Tools Cauldron coverage I commented on the session about GCC+LLVM collaboration, after the past Phoronix article on the event some additional information was published. The purpose of the GCC and LLVM/Clang compiler teams collaborating is to reach common defaults between compilers, avoid confusion with architecture flags and other compiler switches, and make other improvements to better the interoperability between the compilers to make a better end-user/developer experience. The focus isn't on merging GCC+LLVM, debating licensing differences, fighting over who as the faster compiler, or other such heated topics.

Developers wishing to learn more about the ongoing GCC and LLVM collaboration can see the 2014 Cauldron slides and there's notes from this session that were published at the end of July via this mailing list post that sums up everything nicely for interested developers.
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