Q864915
Sign in to saveClang () is a compiler front end for the programming languages C, C++, Objective-C, Objective-C++, and the software frameworks OpenMP, OpenCL, RenderScript, CUDA, SYCL, and HIP. It acts as a drop-in replacement for the GNU Compiler Collection (GCC), supporting most of its compiling flags and unofficial language extensions. It includes a static analyzer, and several code analysis tools.
Key facts
- Software.screenshot
- Clang 21.1.7 version and compile information screenshot.webp
- Software.caption
- Screenshot of Clang 21.1.7 version information and verbose compile information, along with the compiled program
- Software.author
- Chris Lattner
- Software.developer
- LLVM Developer Group
- Software.programming language
- C++
- Software.operating system
- Unix-like
- Software.platform
- AArch64, ARMv7, IA-32, x86-64, ppc64le
- Software.genre
- Compiler front end
- Software.license
- Apache 2.0 with LLVM Exceptions
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9 sectionsContents
- Background
- Design
- Flang - Fortran
- Performance and GCC compatibility
- Interface
- Status history
- See also
- References
- External links
Clang () is a compiler front end for the programming languages C, C++, Objective-C, Objective-C++, and the software frameworks OpenMP, OpenCL, RenderScript, CUDA, SYCL, and HIP. It acts as a drop-in replacement for the GNU Compiler Collection (GCC), supporting most of its compiling flags and unofficial language extensions. It includes a static analyzer, and several code analysis tools.
Clang operates in tandem with the LLVM compiler back end and has been a subproject of LLVM 2.6 and later. As with LLVM, it is free and open-source software under the Apache 2.0 software license. Its contributors include Apple, IBM, Microsoft, Google, ARM, Sony, Intel and AMD.
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