> > However if GPLv3 is such a huge issue > > at Apple, it does make one wonder if llvm will ever see a gcc front-end > > newer > > than the current 4.2 one. > > The LLVM folks are writing a new frontend anyhow. In the future they > presumably plan to stop using the gcc frontend. gcc's code is so > tangled anyhow, it's not like using the gcc frontend somehow makes > LLVM compile code the same way gcc does.
I'm quite interested in porting llvm-gcc to gcc head, in order to get better Ada support. Apple isn't planning Ada support in their new compiler (clang) as far as I know :) Duncan. PS: I have no connection with Apple.
