Ars Technica

Chrome on Windows ditches Microsoft’s compiler, now uses Clang

Google’s Chrome browser is now built using the Clang compiler on Windows. Previously built using the Microsoft C++ compiler, Google is now using the same compiler for Windows, macOS, Linux, and ...
Neowin

Google Chrome is replacing Microsoft's C++ compiler with Clang

Alongside bringing better touch support and automatic ad-blocking for 'intrusive' ads to the desktop version of Chrome, Google is also making some changes to its browser under the hood. The company is ...
InfoQ

Caching Clang-Based C++ Compiler Zapcc Open-Sourced

Unlock the full InfoQ experience by logging in! Stay updated with your favorite authors and topics, engage with content, and download exclusive resources. Vivek Yadav, an engineering manager from ...
Bleeping Computer

Windows Control Flow Guard support added to Rust, Clang compilers

Microsoft today said that it worked with the LLVM and Rust development teams to add support for the Windows Control Flow Guard (CFG) platform security feature into the Clang and rustc compilers. CFG ...
insideHPC

Clacc – Open Source OpenACC Compiler and Source Code Translation Project

Clacc is a Software Technology development effort funded by the US Exascale Computing Project (ECP) PROTEAS-TUNE project to develop production OpenACC compiler support for Clang and the LLVM Compiler ...
Ars Technica

Chrome on Windows ditches Microsoft’s compiler, now uses Clang | Ars OpenForum

I wonder what performance impact this has had (if any). The last time I tested using Clang vs Visual C++ for compiling and found that the VC++ .exe was larger, but also faster to execute. I don't use ...
TechSpot

Google switches Chrome from Microsoft's C++ compiler to Clang

Google has decided to bring the Windows version of its popular Chrome browser in line with its Linux and macOS counterparts. As reported by Ars Technica, the company has switched Chrome's Windows ...