Comments by "Lawrence D’Oliveiro" (@lawrencedoliveiro9104) on "LLVM in 100 Seconds" video.

  1. GCC could be made more modular internally, for example by adding a plugin API. However, this was resisted for a long time by Richard Stallman because he was afraid it would be (mis)used to hook proprietary code into GCC and thereby evade the GPL. This allowed LLVM to get an edge in areas where GCC could not compete.
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