macOS Is Clang/LLVM suitable for release and "business" use?

[MorphingDragon]

I just changed my compiler to Clang/LLVM runtime... I'm bloody blown away. Its verbose, its fast... After using GCC and C# compiler for so long I started thinking that most compilers were slow and cryptic...

Anyway, is it suitable for 'release' software and in a business environment? My Father's Lawfirm wants to change to a Mac OSX environment but some in-house software needs porting.

 

[gnasher729]

I just changed my compiler to Clang/LLVM runtime... I'm bloody blown away. Its verbose, its fast... After using GCC and C# compiler for so long I started thinking that most compilers were slow and cryptic...

Anyway, is it suitable for 'release' software and in a business environment? My Father's Lawfirm wants to change to a Mac OSX environment but some in-house software needs porting.

Absolutely. Apple uses Clang and LLVM for all their development, like the whole of MacOS X 10.6. The only exception is that Clang doesn't support C++ yet, so C++ and Objective-C++ will automatically be compiled by gcc4.2 + LLVM, whereas C and Objective-C will automatically be compiled by Clang + LLVM, but that is nothing to worry about.

 

[Catfish_Man]

10.6 is not (mostly) compiled with clang. Some system apps are though, which is probably a good enough endorsement for most people.