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Re:GCC 8.2 Released by fs111 on Thursday July 26, 2018 @09:25AM (#17617234)
> Firstly, clang and llvm are written in c++ so it's much easier for me to work with.

Why is the implementation language important to you as a user?

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Re:GCC 8.2 Released by endorphone on Thursday July 26, 2018 @09:40AM (#17617379)
Their interest seems to be primarily in alter the toolchain itself.

To make this a multi-use comment, I'll also reply to GP and say that in every single case where I've benchmarked time sensitive code, GCC has generated faster, tighter code. I still primarily use clang for other reasons, but saying that GCC is more performant seems to be entirely valid.

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Re:GCC 8.2 Released by maxerickson on Thursday July 26, 2018 @10:22AM (#17617723)
The answer is in the paragraph you quoted from. "work with" includes extending the implementation.
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