![]() ![]() Msys2 MinGW Clang: Clang compiler provided by the Msys2 MinGW64 environment.Msys2 Clang: Clang compiler provided by the Msys2 Windows subsystem, that is the clang64 environment.Visual Studio CangCL: the ClangCL toolset from the Visual Stu(v142) or Visual Stu(v143) installers.LLVM/Clang: The Clang compiler provided by the LLVM project, with official releases in LLVM Github.There are several different ways to install the Clang compiler on Windows, let’s enumerate and name them: However, there are a few different variants of the Clang compiler in Windows, and it is not always evident what their differences are or when/how to use them so let’s take a deeper look at them. This trend has finally started catching on in Windows too, with more and more developers wanting to have a common compiler infrastructure in all OS, being even bundled and distributed in Microsoft Visual Studio IDE. The Clang compiler, built on the shoulders of the LLVM giant has been gaining traction in the last years, first powering the C and C++ Apple development (now they have their own apple-clang fork), then gaining the attention of many developers for its excellent developer tools, parser infrastructure, sanitizers, formatters, and code quality and security frameworks. The Microsoft C and C++ compiler (msvc or cl.exe) has been predominant for the last decades on Windows, and while the MinGW tools have been providing a working GNU ecosystem (with gcc/g++ compilers) for Windows for many years, it never gained widespread traction. This article will explain the different flavors of Clang C and C++ compiler you might encounter in Windows, and give you some suggestions about which ones might be right for you, together with detailed instructions on how to use them with CMake and Conan.
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