Staying free should GCC allow non-free plug ins?

Posted by Scott_Ruecker on Jun 22, 2014 2:10 PM EDT
Linux User & Developer; By Richard Hillesley
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Arguments in favour of the use of non-free plug-ins in GCC have again been raised on GCC mailing-lists, but are trumped by the arguments for GCC as a vehicle for free software development. Once again, Gcc and its lack of modularity has been raised as an issue and contrasted with LLVm, the new compiler on the block. GCC is huge and venerable: 5 million lines, 30 years, and growing. LLVM, in contrast, is relatively youthful and modular and allows free and proprietary languages to be added as modules.

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