Re: Why LLVM may be a step forward

> >  But because of the need for innovation, and the licensing limitations 
> >of the GPLv3, LLVM is going to get attention. The smart kids out there 
> >will realise LLVM is an erm, "paradigm shift" [1] over GCC in the Robert 
> >Anton Wilson sense of the phrase,  and start building tools for it, 
> >fingers crossed.
> 
> You are missing the main point why it gets attention: Somebody throws 
> $$$ at it, so they can afford buying manpower to develop it.
 
well.... there are big $$$ being thrown at llvm/clang but there are also
quite a lot of non-commercial contributors, for example the whole C++
side of clang is volunteers driven