Tag: compiler

27 MAR

Google launches Android Studio 3.1 with Kotlin Lint checks, D8 Dex compiler, and C++ CPU profiling

Google today launched Android Studio 3.1, the latest version of its integrated development environment (IDE), with new features around product quality and app development productivity. You can download the new version for Windows, Mac, and Linux now directly from developer.android.com/studio. If you are already using Android Studio, you can get the…Read More

06 MAR

Chrome on Windows ditches Microsoft’s compiler, now uses Clang

Enlarge / The LLVM dragon logo, in honor of the dragon book. (credit: Apple) Google’s Chrome browser is now built using the Clang compiler on Windows. Previously built using the Microsoft C++ compiler, Google is now using the same compiler for Windows, macOS, Linux, and Android, and the switch makes Chrome arguably the first major […]