GCC existed and thrived long before companies started putting money into it. It would clearly suffer if, e.g., Red-Hat withdrew its support, but not nearly as LLVM would in the same situation.
The culture, history and governance of the two projects are very different and they do matter.
GCC existed and thrived long before companies started putting money into it. It would clearly suffer if, e.g., Red-Hat withdrew its support, but not nearly as LLVM would in the same situation.
The culture, history and governance of the two projects are very different and they do matter.