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On Thu, 13 Nov 2014, Maciej Sobczak wrote:

>> About what? Stalemate has already acknowledged he wants this. He just
>> couldn't shove it down people's throats far enough at that time. Later on
>> when Linux finishes blotting out all the other desktop and low-end server OS
>> and all the other toolchains have disappeared people will have to swallow
>> whatever the FSF tells them and like it, sir!
>
> By "all the other toolchains" you mean also llvm? Because as far as I 
> know, this toolchain is actually starting to push gcc out of the picture 
> (think FreeBSD, Apple). So, don't worry about the world dominance of gcc 
> and possible tricks that might follow.

I agree with this. It seems like in some circles gcc is seen as 
yesterday's technology. I'd worry more about LLVM taking over the world.

Peter