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Expand Up @@ -119,7 +119,7 @@ platforms. This is true regardless of entries in the table below.
| macOS | x64 | >= 10.11 | Tier 1 | |
| SmartOS | x64 | >= 18 | Tier 2 | |
| AIX | ppc64be >=power7 | >= 7.2 TL02 | Tier 2 | |
| FreeBSD | x64 | >= 11 | Experimental | Downgraded as of Node.js 12 |
| FreeBSD | x64 | >= 11 | Experimental | Downgraded as of Node.js 12 <sup>[7](#fn7)</sup> |

<em id="fn1">1</em>: GCC 6 is not provided on the base platform, users will
need the
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Furthermore, compiling on x86 Windows is currently considered Experimental and
may not be possible.

<em id="fn7">7</em>: FreeBSD 12.0 system's compiler is clang 6.0.1 but
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The English and punctuation is a little off in this section, how about:

The default FreeBSD 12.0 compiler is Clang 6.0.1, but FreeBSD 12.1 upgrades to 8.0.1. Other Clang/LLVM versions are provided via the system's package manager, including Clang 9.0.

FreeBSD 12.1's is the 8.0.1 version. In both cases, other LLVM versions
are provided via the system's package manager up to 9.0.

### Supported toolchains

Depending on the host platform, the selection of toolchains may vary.
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