[msingle]

right now - my understanding is once the self-hosted compiler is done, LLVM will be optional.

[adamdusty]

I think LLVM will still be required for release builds.

[csande17]

I believe the plan is to make LLVM optional for compiling Zig code, but features that work with C code will still require Clang to be compiled in.

Who knows, though. Someone might end up implementing a C compiler on top of the self-hosted Zig compiler's backend!

[Zababa]

From what I understand, LLVM will still be used for release builds, while the self-holsted compiler will be used for quick feedback.