commit d4f0cf8e18349128dfdd58d942cfec0f115b891f
parent 467f5f05cb77e17d4ee74328d88c1171eccbd121
Author: Christoph Lohmann <20h@r-36.net>
Date: Wed, 21 Oct 2015 14:36:18 +0200
Adding C Compilers to the suck page.
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diff --git a/suckless.org/sucks/index.md b/suckless.org/sucks/index.md
@@ -110,6 +110,16 @@ the source code, is not worth the time.
The suckless way is to have a short usage and a descriptive manpage. The
complete details are in the source.
+C Compilers
+---------
+* [GCC][gcc] is the virus which has spread into nearly every Linux
+ distribution and has added its language extensions to be not easily
+ replacable. As of 2015 it is now written in C++ and so complete suck. Why
+ can't a compiler just be a simple binary doing its work, instead it adds
+ path dependencies deep into the system?
+* [Clang][clang] is written in C++. If you don't believe that it sucks, try to
+ build clang by hand.
+
See also
--------
@@ -120,4 +130,6 @@ The [list of harmful software](http://harmful.cat-v.org/software/) at [cat-v.org
[uuterm]: http://etalabs.net/uuterm.html
[icccm]: http://tronche.com/gui/x/icccm/
[texinfo]: https://www.gnu.org/software/texinfo/
+[gcc]: http://gcc.gnu.org/
+[clang]: http://clang.llvm.org/
