From: Chad Perrin <code@...>
Date: 2012-01-10T07:10:45+09:00
Subject: Re: Ruby and LLVM

On Tue, Jan 10, 2012 at 04:45:20AM +0900, David K. wrote:
> Ruby 1.9.3 has some issues building with LLVM (as opposed to GCC), and
> while in some cases it seems like making symbolic link changes or giving
> config options like --with-gcc=clang makes building 1.9.3 with LLVM
> work, it's still somewhat messy. Does anyone know if Ruby will
> officially support LLVM moving forward?
> 
> This is primarily an issue for Mac users right now (as Apple now ships
> LLVM as the default compiler as of Xcode 4.2), but LLVM is by no means
> restricted to use on Macs.

FreeBSD is moving to Clang/LLVM as its default C compiler so, as you say,
it is far from a matter restricted to use on Macs.

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Chad Perrin [ original content licensed OWL: http://owl.apotheon.org ]