I have intense respect for the history of gcc, but everything about using it screams that it's stuck in the past.

LLVM has a lot of problems, but it feels significantly more modern.

I do wish we had a "new LLVM" doing to LLVM what it did to gcc. Just because it's better doesn't mean it's perfect.

Basically, you can respect history while also being honest about the current state of things. But also, doing so requires you to care primarily about things like ease of use, rather than things like licenses. For some people, they care about licenses first, usability second.