On: Extracting the abstract syntax tree from GCC (2015)

[jhgb]

Yep, it should have been GCC, not LLVM, that earned Apple more big bucks. Totally a bad decision.

[CalChris → jhgb]

Apple used GCC for more than a decade. It wasn’t until LLVM came along that they had a viable choice and they took it.

[bonzini → CalChris]

Until the GPLv3 came along, really. Apple kept contributing to GCC until 4.2.

[jhgb → CalChris]

I know they used it. And I'm really glad for GCC's sake that they took that choice.