Low Level Virtual Machine 1.3 Released

Posted by michael on Friday August 13, 2004 @07:32PM from the just-like-bare-iron dept.

RSpencer writes "The Low Level Virtual Machine project has released version 1.3. There are full release notes available. LLVM is a source-language agnostic toolkit for building compilers, optimizers, and jit or interpreted virtual machines. LLVM provides extensive optimization support, three mid-level IR formats (bytecode, assembly, and C++), three backend targets (x86,Sparc,PPC), full documentation, and a very simple and unique design. This new toolkit approach to compiler related tools is quickly attracting new developers who are making significant contributions to the work. Visit the home page where you can learn all the details. LLVM is funded by the National Science Foundation, MARCO/DARPA, and supported by UIUC's Computer Science department and other developers."

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Re:Speaking as a GCC maintainer, I call bullshit by truth_revealed · 2004-08-15 04:18 · Score: 0, Troll

I contend that RMS not allowing a vote on C++ usage (or people not voting for fear of annoying RMS) is just the same as C++ being voted down.
GCC is a great compiler designed by brilliant people. This is not in dispute. Mere mortals like me just wish its learning curve was not quite as steep.