Re: [gentoo-dev] New project: LLVM

[Luca Barbato <lu_zero@gentoo.org>]

On 19/08/16 05:11, C Bergström wrote:
> I think you're getting a bit confused
> 
> libsupc++ is the default now, from GNU
> 
> libcxxabi is the bloated runtime from Apple
> 
> libcxxrt is the faster c++ runtime, PathScale+David Chisnall, which
> PathScale and FreeBSD use by default. We don't need a version number
> because it's pretty much rock solid stable for a while.

C++ is evolving so it will be needed in the future =) Please consider
adding some versions even if it is a bourden.

> I'd encourage you to consider libcxxrt for at least the code size and
> performance reasons. Build it and you'll see. Locally my unoptimized
> libcxxrt.so is like 88K. How much is your libcxxabi (static and
> shared)
> 
> 88K    /opt/enzo-2016-06-26/lib/6.0.983/x8664/64/libcxxrt.so
> 140K    /opt/enzo-2016-06-26/lib/6.0.983/x8664/64/libcxxrt.a
> // This seems larger than I remember and I need to check why.
> 
> https://github.com/pathscale/libcxxrt

BTW is pathscale ready to be used as system compiler as well?

lu