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Re:OpenMandriva, the first Clang-built Linux distribution by koyote on Sunday June 16, 2019 @05:37PM (#20198050)
You could theoretically see better real-world performance. As someone who is currently working on very high-performance C++, I have noticed Clang being much more 'confident' in optimising code than its counterparts (especially compared to MSVC++).

That being said, in the grand scheme of things any performance improvement would probably only show up on benchmarks.

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Re:OpenMandriva, the first Clang-built Linux distribution by agumonkey on Sunday June 16, 2019 @06:46PM (#20198452)
Might inspire new implementations if people realize there are some spots that can run faster elsewhere.
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Re:OpenMandriva, the first Clang-built Linux distribution by geezerjay on Monday June 17, 2019 @03:54AM (#20200804)
> You could theoretically see better real-world performance.

That assertion isn't very realistic. Performance benchmarks comparing gcc and clang are mixed, with performance differences being marginal at best.

https://www.phoronix.com/scan.php?page=article&item=gcc9-cla...

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