From 74a165bc4e2e5f74cf72e05b60da8debabbd1733 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Chris Lattner Building an entirely new compiler front-end is a big task, and it isn't
always clear to people why we decided to do this. Here we compare clang
and its goals to other open source compiler front-ends that are
- available. We restrict the discussion to very specific technical points
- to avoid controversy where possible. Also, since software is infinitely
- mutable, so focus on architectural issues that are impractical to fix
- without a major rewrite, instead of talking about little details that
- can be fixed with a reasonable amount of effort.
The goal of this list is to describe how differences in goals lead to different strengths and weaknesses, not to make some compiler look bad. -- 2.50.1