FreeBSD 10 to use Clang, GCC will be deprecated

I have been working on getting a quite complex C++ code base (3M+ LOC) with heavy template use to compile on clang. Along the way, I have found many violations of the C++ standard that GCC silently accepts, several obscure GCC features that clang does not support, and up to now filed three clang bug reports.<p>The project compiles now, but the resulting executable is still not passing basic regression tests :)<p>I think our codebase has been depending for too long on just one compiler, and clang C++ support isn't perfect yet. (FreeBSD has mostly C code which is very stable). I will keep pushing to get it all working :)

We have been using clang on Apple, Linus, and FreeBSD. It's a lot nicer to work with and compiles faster than GCC, including 4.7. As people point out, the generated code is on average a little slower.

I haven't been following C much in recent years, though I knew that Apple had switched.<p>Someone want to give (or link to) a brief rundown of the advantages/disadvantages?

I'm excited about this change. I was working on a C++ project last summer that had a lot of templates. Clang was a <i>lot</i> faster, and a lot easier to use.

Would be interesting to see benchmarks with GCC vs Clang in FreeBSD

Aren't they pretty much doing anything these days to make it easier for Apple to “steal” their code, considering that most consumers of BSD code are Apple users?

WAT.