Defending GCC considered futile
ESR seems a bit over the line with this mail, but what never ceases to amaze me is how RMS is disconnected with the present technology:<p>>From its name, I guess that LLDB is a noncopylefted debugger and that
some might intend it to replace GDB.  But I don't know if that is so.<p>This is just one of many, in the recent arguments he has stated several times that he doesn't understand how automated code refactoring works, he has not experience with IDEs, and things of the like.<p>Beside the ideological point, he does not seem a person capable of steering important projects, at least when it comes to compiler technology. He just doesn't know enough anymore.