LLVM's Clang Is Finally The FreeBSD x86 Compiler
Posted by Michael Larabel on November 07, 2012
After talking about FreeBSD's transition to Clang as the default C/C++ compiler rather than GCC, the move has finally happened where for x86/x86_64 systems the LLVM-based compiler has replaced GCC.
Using Clang for FreeBSD builds the software quicker while using less RAM while BSD developers also like LLVM/Clang since it's under a BSD-like license rather than the GPLv3 with GCC.
The next FreeBSD release where it will feature LLVM/Clang rather than GCC as the default compiler is with FreeBSD 10. The final heads up about the compiler change was made on the mailing list this week.
Using Clang for FreeBSD builds the software quicker while using less RAM while BSD developers also like LLVM/Clang since it's under a BSD-like license rather than the GPLv3 with GCC.
The next FreeBSD release where it will feature LLVM/Clang rather than GCC as the default compiler is with FreeBSD 10. The final heads up about the compiler change was made on the mailing list this week.
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