[Discuss] Why use Linux?

[smallm at panix.com (Mike Small)]

Mike Small <smallm at panix.com> writes:

> Richard Pieri <richard.pieri at gmail.com> writes:
>> Apple switched from GCC to LLVM/Clang four or five years ago
>> specifically because the Free Software folks were dragging their heels
>> on keeping GCC up to date with emerging C and C++ standards and 64-bit
>> support. Yes, the switch is painful. Blame the FSF for that one, not Apple.
>
> This must have been a healthy kick in the butt for gcc, then, because
> from what I hear gcc is in no way lagging llvm/clang (or any other C++
> compiler -- they're both way ahead of Microsoft) implementing C++11 and
> C++14 features today.  I've heard other theories for Apple's choice,

On the other hand, I don't know if you can mix new C++ features with new
Objective-C (Objective-C++?) ones in gcc so well, which would be
important to them.

-- 
Mike Small
smallm at panix.com