Objective-C front-end for LLVM in the works

If you are at all interested in the future of the C/C++/Objective-C/Objective-C++ compiler(s) on OS X:

clang.llvm.org

Basically, Apple is working on a whole new compiler based on LLVM which does C/C++/Objective-C/Objective-C++ and is syntax compatible with gcc. The presentation is done by Steve Naroff a long-time NeXT/Apple engineer. Well worth the watch for commentary on where Apple is going, and why gcc doesn't cut it.

Apple has already contributed a lot of ARM work to LLVM, so I suspect this is the beginning of the end for gcc on OS X.

Interesting to note is that LLVM is BSD licensed.

More details:

http://lists.cs.uiuc.edu/pipermail/llvmdev/2007-July/009817.html