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Take a look at http://quetzalcoatal.blogspot.com/2013/02/why-software-monocultures-are-bad.html http://quetzalcoatal.blogspot.com/2013/02/why-software-monoc....
by derekerdmann 14y ago
Take a look at http://quetzalcoatal.blogspot.com/2013/02/why-software-monocultures-are-bad.html http://quetzalcoatal.blogspot.com/2013/02/why-software-monoc.... The author points out how GCC's monopoly, though open source, forces clang to copy its implementation quirks almost exactly, because it's been the de-facto standard for years. Open-source doesn't automatically make the problem go away.
- skatepark 14y agoOpen-source doesn't make the problem go away, but it does make the problem surmountable.
- azakai 14y agoIt was surmountable in gcc's case, but still took lots of resources (which clang has). It might not be surmountable in other cases, and even if it is it raises the bar quite a lot for new competitors.