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On 5 Oct 2013 14:09, "Steve Litt" <slitt@troubleshooters.com> wrote:
>
> On Sat, 5 Oct 2013 10:05:30 +0200
> steve donovan <steve.j.donovan@gmail.com> wrote:
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> > On Sat, Oct 5, 2013 at 9:48 AM, Dirk Laurie <dirk.laurie@gmail.com>
> > wrote:
> > > So now I know:
> > > 1. Ubuntu 12.04 has it.
> > > 2. But does not install it ny default.
> > > 3. There is no documentation package for it.
> >
> > I got burned by that particular clang version. At least on 32-bit
> > platforms, it makes a mess of compiling something relatively
> > straightforward like Lua 5.2. You will have to switch off
> > optimization for liolib.c for it to work.
> >
> > But, Mr Highland is quite correct - _much_ nicer error messages and it
> > definitely feels faster. At the very least, something to shake up GCC
> > complacency.
>
> Hey Steve,
>
> Does clang come with its own libraries, and are they *not* GPL, so that
> one can use C on Linux to create proprietary programs?
>
> Unlike Stallman, I believe there's a place in this world for both Free
> and Proprietary software, and it should be the author's choice which
> way to go, and yet using GCC I can't legally make proprietary software.
Clang is a compiler it does not come with libraries, eg libc or libstdc++, just the little stubs that you need to link. You can use it with which libraries you choose.
Justin
> Thanks,
>
> SteveT
>
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