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Martin Bishop
@toomanysecrets@mastodon.social  ·  activity timestamp 10 hours ago

1. #Android kernels use #LLVM / #Clang almost exclusively. Clang supports two dialects: #GNU #C mode and #MSVC mode. Supporting both dialects means the kernel can build and test under more configurations.
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Martin Bishop
@toomanysecrets@mastodon.social replied  ·  activity timestamp 10 hours ago

1. #Android kernels use #LLVM / #Clang almost exclusively. Clang supports two dialects: #GNU #C mode and #MSVC mode. Supporting both dialects means the kernel can build and test under more configurations.
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@toomanysecrets@mastodon.social replied  ·  activity timestamp 10 hours ago

2. #LLVM is evolving. It supports multiple front-end dialects, and if the kernel remains too tightly tied to #GCC -only assumptions, it risks becoming brittle as compilers evolve.
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