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<body class='hmmessage'><div dir='ltr'>I favor a C backend for a few reasons. <BR> - portability -- C supports more than LLVM, past and future <BR> I haven't been able to build LLVM on my old MacOSX. <BR> - a possible portable source distribution, like most software, but, granted, not like many compilers, and granted, while the C backend now works quite well, this problem still needs a lot of work <BR> - Not having to learn LLVM, resting on my C knowledge; might apply to others <BR> - LLVM might have the same m3gdb integration problem as C, no better, no worse <BR> <BR> <BR> On the other hand, LLVM is good for: <BR> - learn something new <BR> - resulting compiler will probably run faster <BR> <BR> <BR> - Jay <BR><div><div id="SkyDrivePlaceholder"></div>> Date: Fri, 22 Mar 2013 22:57:29 +0100<br>> From: lemming@henning-thielemann.de<br>> To: m3devel@elegosoft.com<br>> Subject: Re: [M3devel] FW: GCC 4.8.0 Released<br>> <br>> <br>> On Fri, 22 Mar 2013, Tony Hosking wrote:<br>> <br>> > In my opinion it would be better to work on an LLVM backend.<br>> <br>> Btw. does someone of you attend to the Euro-LLVM meeting 29-30th April?<br></div> </div></body>
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