Android was designed to decouple GPL code from userspace because OEMs were scared of the "GPL contagion".
The recent Android NDK r8c (November 2012) includes clang 3.1 as an experimental alternative to gcc 4.6. This suggests that it may become the default in future versions of the Android NDK. If Google, like Apple, drops gcc for clang, which major commercial entities will be helping to fund gcc development?
The recent Android NDK r8c (November 2012) includes clang 3.1 as an experimental alternative to gcc 4.6. This suggests that it may become the default in future versions of the Android NDK. If Google, like Apple, drops gcc for clang, which major commercial entities will be helping to fund gcc development?