LOL. You've so bought into the sucker system that's been sold to you, and you don't even know it.

What is guaranteeing your $50 today is worth $50 tomorrow? No-one, and the fact is it won't be; it'll be worth less.

Get it in Bitcoins and it'll be worth more $ tomorrow. But meanwhile enjoy your fiat. After all, it's backed by that military that couldn't beat a bunch of peasants in Vietnam, right?

Economic strength? Hehehe. The US is an economic basket case, much like Zimbabwe.

Claiming the intent is not to replace GCC is pure propaganda and only there to not get some people's back up. It clearly is intended to replace GCC; ultimately pretty much the whole toolchain in fact; developers openly state they intend it to be a drop-in replacement.

I think this is very likely; the FSF's toolchain has dug its own grave, being poorly designed and non-modular. It was only a matter of time.