LLDB debugger is coming to Windows

Re:LLDB debugger is coming to Windows by stinos on Tuesday January 20, 2015 @04:07PM (#8919587)

..and integrated in VS so you can just select Toolset = Clang :P

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Re:LLDB debugger is coming to Windows by bithush on Tuesday January 20, 2015 @05:47PM (#8920216)

Especially with the Community Edition of VS making it really easy for pretty much anyone to get access to VS.

I like GCC and everything but I will be happy to leave it behind if I am honest. The politics are just too damn much for me these days. GCC should be about building a great compiler collection for the world but politics plays too big a part in it as seen with the whole AST debate going on again because of RMS. I just want a good compiler and standard library implementation. Between Clang/LLVM and VS Community I don't know if GCC will really have a huge place in the future for me.

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Re:LLDB debugger is coming to Windows by 0xFFC on Wednesday January 21, 2015 @12:08AM (#8921557)

for you and people like you of course . people whos care about software freedom of course choosing GCC.

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Re:LLDB debugger is coming to Windows by anon1385 on Wednesday January 21, 2015 @02:53AM (#8922025)

Except the ones who want to do things that are 'forbidden' by RMS. Those people have no choice but to use LLVM. For example, a lot of academic work on compilers and languages can't easily use GCC, neither can people wanting to make more sophisticated tooling.

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Re:LLDB debugger is coming to Windows by vetinari on Wednesday January 21, 2015 @04:44AM (#8922303)

The point of GCC is having a good compiler available to everyone, for any use. Not to be embedded everywhere in the look-but-don't-touch fashion.

See also Linux kernels in most Android phones. That's exactly what GCC authors do not want.

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Re:LLDB debugger is coming to Windows by pjc50 on Wednesday January 21, 2015 @07:03AM (#8922668)

a lot of academic work on compilers and languages can't easily use GCC

Could you explain why not? GPL-incompatible release requirements on the code produced? Admittedly it's not a very accessible codebase either.

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Re:LLDB debugger is coming to Windows by pjmlp on Wednesday January 21, 2015 @08:00AM (#8922856)

I think it has to do with their plugins API, or lack thereof.

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Re:LLDB debugger is coming to Windows by bithush on Wednesday January 21, 2015 @04:37PM (#8925935)

Clang currently supports my freedoms more than GCC with its political limitations holding it back.

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Re:LLDB debugger is coming to Windows by taspeotis on Tuesday January 20, 2015 @07:26PM (#8920689)

Well it's coming to VS2015, just not for desktop apps. I assume that having the integration for any one platform greatly lowers the barrier for other platforms, though.

> In Visual Studio 2015, that cross-platform reach is going to include C++, too. Microsoft's development environment will include support for the Clang compiler and LLVM infrastructure for targeting Android and, in a later iteration, iOS.

http://arstechnica.com/information-technology/2014/11/visual...

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Re:LLDB debugger is coming to Windows by mitchty on Wednesday January 21, 2015 @01:10AM (#8921755)

Already exists to a degree for some time.

http://llvm.org/builds/

Under Windows Snapshot Builds.

LLVM video on it from last year. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PX3UOXAlk0A

Slides from said talk http://llvm.org/devmtg/2014-04/PDFs/Talks/clang-cl.pdf

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