Re: LLVM 2.6 Released / Can it be used with Xcode?
Re: LLVM 2.6 Released / Can it be used with Xcode?
- Subject: Re: LLVM 2.6 Released / Can it be used with Xcode?
- From: Jean-Daniel Dupas <email@hidden>
- Date: Fri, 30 Oct 2009 19:25:21 +0100
Le 30 oct. 2009 à 17:31, Sean McBride a écrit :
On 10/30/09 8:39 AM, Jens Alfke said:
I don't think so. Part of Apple's impetus for developing Clang is to
replace GCC over time. GCC has always been problematic for Apple due
to its GPL license, which means it can't be integrated into Xcode
itself (only run as a tool.)
To be pedantic: gcc could certainly be integrated into Xcode itself,
but
Apple is not willing/able to release Xcode under GPL. That's their
choice. There's no technical problem, it's a legal problem. As you
say, I'm sure that's a big part of why Apple is moving to clang.
In fact it's also a technical problem. GCC is not design to fit in an
IDE.
Backend and frontend are tightly coupled to prevent creation of
proprietary backend.
Trying to integrate gcc part in an IDE would be a nightmare.
-- Jean-Daniel
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