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0 pointsAceJohnny28y ago0 comments

> Apple created LLVM and clang

To be specific, LLVM started as an academic project by Vikram Adve and Chris Lattner in 2000. Apple hired Chris Lattner in 2005 to work on LLVM for Apple. Clang, though, does appear to have been an Apple project, being introduced by Steve Naroff of Apple in 2007 as an open-source project.

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thomastjeffery8y ago

Thanks for pointing that out.

LLVM is one of the main things Apple gets to claim credit for, yet they aren't the only ones who deserve it.

LLVM is one of the reasons rust is so great, and the world is better because of it.

bluejekyll8y ago

You can still give Apple credit for having sponsored a significant investment into LLVM. Without them, it might not have taken off the way it has.

distances8y ago

Indeed. Apple often also gets flak for taking KHTML and running with it, but footing the bill for WebKit development was a good thing for the Internet in general.

sjwright8y ago

Not giving Apple credit for LLVM or Webkit is akin to not giving Google credit for Android or Chrome.

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