[cfe-dev] Switching http://llvm.org/demo to clang or providing a separate clang demo

[Tanya Lattner]

On Aug 30, 2011, at 2:06 PM, David Blaikie wrote:

> Why not build a bunch of cross-compilers, and use the right one depending on the
> target?  
> 
> I honestly don't know what it takes to setup a cross compiler, and I wouldn't be the one doing it - I expect this would fall on Tanya's plate. 
> 

I don't really feel comfortable having the demo machine being a cross compiler for a bunch of targets we don't officially support or test for a release. What is the benefit in that? Having something crash is not a good demo.

-Tanya

> My best guess at an answer to your question would be: it's not worth it. Which is all fuzzy & subjective, of course (& only a guess coming from me, since I don't know the cost & don't have a vested interest in the value it will provide)
>  
> That said, I'm not going to give you a hard time if you cheat :)
> 
> Fair enough - I'll take a look at Bjarke's work & either take it wholesale (perhaps with a warning when the user selects anything other than x86 32/64) or at least make it work for x86 32/64.
>  
> - David

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