Clang
Fewer than 5 people recommend it so far, so there's no written verdict. Here is what commenters said.
3recommend
2warn against
Dec 9, 2025first mention
Sep 30, 2026latest mention
Why people recommend it
“I will say I much preferred working with Clang's.”
“clang is very eager to vectorise (for good reason, it makes a difference)”
writes an ObjC-like compileron “Show HN: An ObjC-like compiler for Mac ARM, x86_64(L…”
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“Clang already had the full C99 designated init feature set in C++ mode implemented long before C++20 and it worked just fine.”
Caveats and dissent
“it's only gcc and to a lesser extent clang”
“Clang and gcc are abysmal on these benchmarks.”
Often compared with
Who recommends it in their own words
Threads where it came up
- Show HN: An ObjC-like compiler for Mac ARM, x86_64(Linux, Win), WASM, & others 2 mentions
- EDG C++ front-end goes public 1 mention
- When the Debugger Lies 1 mention
- AMD's random number generator can't generate a 0? 1 mention
- The case against a C alternative (2022) 1 mention
- item 48228618 1 mention
Also written as clang. Data: clang.json. Quotes are verbatim; the verdict and theme labels are written by a model from these comments, and every clause links to its sources.
All comments 11
“I will say I much preferred working with Clang's.”
“at least modern GCC and Clang will warn and/or error for this”
“I now test the XOF in both GCC and clang at multiple optimization levels”
“clang is very eager to vectorise (for good reason, it makes a difference)”
“Right now we’re sometimes on a par with a clang-compiled C program, but otherwise between 1.1x and 1.8x slower.”
“in fact it uses Clang as its compiler”
“Clang already had the full C99 designated init feature set in C++ mode implemented long before C++20 and it worked just fine.”
“clang -O3 -march=native nbody-gcc-6.c -o nbody.clang6”
“it's only gcc and to a lesser extent clang”
“In contrast, gcc/clang can have more isolation without each version interfering with each other.”
“Clang and gcc are abysmal on these benchmarks.”