Compilers
25/11/09 12:33 PM
Announcement: NovaStorm products are moving to a new
compiler!
What, nobody’s excited? Well, we are. Here’s why. We’re using the new Clang/LLVM compiler which features the latest and greatest technology. It won’t have much direct effect on you besides a slight speed increase, and in our apps the code is so highly optimized already that you probably won’t notice much of a difference. And yes, that’s the official logo at the right! Who could refuse a compiler with that cool of a logo?
It will, however, have an indirect effect in that it will allow us to debug our apps and strip out errors easier and faster. Any time we can have the compiler tell us that our code may cause an error, that’s one less error that has the potential to find its way into a shipping product. Technology like this allows us to innovate faster and more efficiently. So the end result is a better product simply because of the help it affords us.
The first product to be built by the new compiler is the upcoming AquaPrompt 1.2 release.
What, nobody’s excited? Well, we are. Here’s why. We’re using the new Clang/LLVM compiler which features the latest and greatest technology. It won’t have much direct effect on you besides a slight speed increase, and in our apps the code is so highly optimized already that you probably won’t notice much of a difference. And yes, that’s the official logo at the right! Who could refuse a compiler with that cool of a logo?
It will, however, have an indirect effect in that it will allow us to debug our apps and strip out errors easier and faster. Any time we can have the compiler tell us that our code may cause an error, that’s one less error that has the potential to find its way into a shipping product. Technology like this allows us to innovate faster and more efficiently. So the end result is a better product simply because of the help it affords us.
The first product to be built by the new compiler is the upcoming AquaPrompt 1.2 release.