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Microsoft Starts Working On an LLVM-Based Compiler For .NET

Posted by timothy on from the spreading-like-bamboo dept.

An anonymous reader writes Are the days of Microsoft's proprietary compiler over? Microsoft has announced they've started work on a new .NET compiler using LLVM and targets their CoreCLR — any C# program written for the .NET core class libraries can now run on any OS where CoreCLR and LLVM are supported. Right now the compiler only supports JIT compilation but AOT is being worked on along with other features. The new Microsoft LLVM compiler is called LLILC and is MIT-licensed.

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  1. Re:I don't understand by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 2, Informative
    Other direction; the C# -> .NET bytecode step happens elsewhere, this project handles the .NET bytecode -> LLVM bytecode part:

    LLILC is an Open-Source project that Compiles msIL (.NET) code to native binary, using the LLVM compiler framework. We pronounce it "lilac". The project will provide both a JIT ("Just-In-Time") and an AOT ("Ahead-Of-Time") compiler targeting CoreCLR.

    From the Background page of the linked wiki.