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diff --git a/www/comparison.html b/www/comparison.html index dd1c36a9c5..66cdf59e5b 100644 --- a/www/comparison.html +++ b/www/comparison.html @@ -94,10 +94,11 @@ example, if you write "x-x" in your source code, the GCC AST will
contain "0", with no mention of 'x'. This is extremely bad for a
refactoring tool that wants to rename 'x'.</li>
- <li>GCC does not have a way to serialize the AST of a file out to disk and
- read it back into another program. Its PCH mechanism is architecturally
- only able to read the dump back into the exact same executable as the
- one that produced it.</li>
+ <li>Clang can serialize it's AST out to disk and read it back into another
+ program, which is useful for whole program analysis. GCC does not have
+ this, but its current PCH mechanism is close. However, GCC's current
+ PCH support is architecturally only able to read the dump back into
+ the exact same executable as the one that produced it.</li>
<li>Clang is <a href="features.html#performance">much faster and uses far
less memory</a> than GCC.</li>
<li>Clang aims to provide extremely clear and concise diagnostics (error and
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