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On Sun, Jun 2, 2013 at 12:51 PM, Carlos Nepomuceno <carlosnepomuceno@outlook.com> wrote:

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\> Date: Sun, 2 Jun 2013 15:12:43 +1000
\> From: koobs.freebsd@gmail.com
\> To: python-dev@python.org
\> Subject: \[Python-Dev\] New FreeBSD 10.0-CURRENT buildbot
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> koobs-freebsd10-amd64 (clang is default here)

Does CPython code compiled with clang runs faster than gcc?

Why did you chose clang? Any benchmarks? Any benefits?

Clang is sometimes favored over gcc for its non-GPL license; I believe the FreeBSD project sees this as an important issue.

In general, the more C compilers a piece of C code compiles on, the fewer bugs are left in it, because different C compilers tend to catch different problems - even with cranked up warnings.
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