HP-UX, Aix, Solaris and mainframes POSIX environments are still around.
Additionally, embedded also has plenty of POSIX like OSes that arent' Linux based.
Re:When can glibc be built with Clang?
by hackerbrother on Thursday October 14, 2021 @09:10PM
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AIX is doing a lot better than HP-UX and Solaris are. In relative terms.
Re:When can glibc be built with Clang?
by Ericson2314 on Friday October 15, 2021 @12:15AM
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> That gcc has gone from savior to legacy in that time is a huge testament to the value the open source world has created
I hope GNU can turn itself around, but because having n+1 competing FOSS implementations is a huge boost. I just fear it is not a sustainable situation.
libgccjit and the new rust backend is a good sign.
Re:When can glibc be built with Clang?
by GoblinSlayer on Friday October 15, 2021 @05:38AM
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That's exactly an illustration that a few competitors is unhealthy for the ecosystem, and llvm isn't going to evolve as fast as it did.
Re:When can glibc be built with Clang?
by Ericson2314 on Friday October 15, 2021 @04:19PM
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If LLVM vanquishes GCC, you mean?
Re:When can glibc be built with Clang?
by eschaton on Thursday October 14, 2021 @09:53PM
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The thing is, you didn’t pay more for shitty developer tools. You paid more for good tools. The system compiler existed solely to enable kernel rebuilds prior to the advent of loadable kernel modules on most vendor UNIX platforms.
It has been a generation since it was common for people to pay for Unix, and then pay more for shitty developer tools.
That gcc has gone from savior to legacy in that time is a huge testament to the value the open source world has created. But I think people forget the bad old days pretty quickly.