Re: Alternatives to gcc (was Re: gcc 4.3: when will it become standard compiler?)

> advantage. If it appears at some moment that llvm works well and produces code
> as fast as gcc, for all the platforms of interest for the FreeBSD people, 
> i have no doubt that they will switch immediately. But one of the aims of 

the day is already here... llvm produces roughly the same quality of code
and it has promises of delivering even much better code in near future.

llvm does not have to maintain 20 years old cruft and is based on modern
development methods.

there are even reports of llvm producing significantly better code (for bzip2
iirc etc.)