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LLVM 2.2 Released

Posted by Zonk on from the just-a-heads-up dept.

performance geek writes "LLVM 2.2 was released yesterday! This is the thirteenth public release of the open-source compiler that started as a GCC fork. LLVM supports several aggressive optimizations, in compile-, link- and run-time, and often produces faster (1.5-3x) code than GCC. It is also much faster than GCC at compiling (despite the slow link-time optimizations). Gentoo users are already trying to build the whole system with the LLVM toolchain to get the extra performance bit."

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  1. Good reporting there, submitter by Goaway · · Score: 4, Insightful

    "The open-source compiler that started as a GCC fork"? LLVM is not a compiler. It is a code generator, optimizer and virtual machine, usable as a compiler back-end. It later added a gcc-based front end.

    Also, Apple is currently driving development of an alternate BSD-licensed front end named clang.