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docs: programming-languages: refresh blurb on clang support 

Building the kernel with Clang doesn't rely on third party patches, and
has not for a few years now.

Signed-off-by: Nick Desaulniers <ndesaulniers@google.com>
Reviewed-by: Nathan Chancellor <natechancellor@gmail.com>
Link: https://lore.kernel.org/r/20200929211936.580805-1-ndesaulniers@google.com
[jc: Took out duplicated "docs" pointed out by Randy]
Signed-off-by: Jonathan Corbet <corbet@lwn.net>
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@ -6,14 +6,15 @@ Programming Language
The kernel is written in the C programming language [c-language]_.
More precisely, the kernel is typically compiled with ``gcc`` [gcc]_
under ``-std=gnu89`` [gcc-c-dialect-options]_: the GNU dialect of ISO C90
(including some C99 features).
(including some C99 features). ``clang`` [clang]_ is also supported, see
docs on :ref:`Building Linux with Clang/LLVM <kbuild_llvm>`.
This dialect contains many extensions to the language [gnu-extensions]_,
and many of them are used within the kernel as a matter of course.
There is some support for compiling the kernel with ``clang`` [clang]_
and ``icc`` [icc]_ for several of the architectures, although at the time
of writing it is not completed, requiring third-party patches.
There is some support for compiling the kernel with ``icc`` [icc]_ for several
of the architectures, although at the time of writing it is not completed,
requiring third-party patches.
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