[Python-Dev] New FreeBSD 10.0-CURRENT buildbot

[Carlos Nepomuceno]

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> Date: Sun, 2 Jun 2013 13:43:24 -0700 
> Subject: Re: [Python-Dev] New FreeBSD 10.0-CURRENT buildbot 
> From: drsalists at gmail.com 
> To: carlosnepomuceno at outlook.com 
> CC: python-dev at python.org 
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> On Sun, Jun 2, 2013 at 12:51 PM, Carlos Nepomuceno  
> <carlosnepomuceno at outlook.com<mailto:carlosnepomuceno at outlook.com>>  
> wrote: 
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> > Date: Sun, 2 Jun 2013 15:12:43 +1000 
> > From: koobs.freebsd at gmail.com<mailto:koobs.freebsd at gmail.com> 
> > To: python-dev at python.org<mailto:python-dev at python.org> 
> > Subject: [Python-Dev] New FreeBSD 10.0-CURRENT buildbot 
> [...] 
> > koobs-freebsd10-amd64 (clang is default here) 
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> Does CPython code compiled with clang runs faster than gcc? 
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> Why did you chose clang? Any benchmarks? Any benefits? 
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> Clang is sometimes favored over gcc for its non-GPL license; I believe  
> the FreeBSD project sees this as an important issue. 
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> 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. 
>

I've been to a Clang presentation and one of the important features they've shown were the improved error messages.

But I didn't try it yet.