[LLVMdev] Re: Notes on the release notes for the fifth public release of LLVM

[Jeff Cohen]

On Wed, 17 Nov 2004 10:01:57 -0600 (CST)
Chris Lattner <sabre at nondot.org> wrote:

> On Tue, 16 Nov 2004, Jeff Cohen wrote:
> > > Yuck... what about the C runtime?  I can compile a C/C++ program on Unix
> > > and copy the bytecode file over to Windows and then (eventually)
> > > generate assembler that NASM can turn into a binary.  But what to link
> > > against?  Microsoft's C runtime library?  C++ runtime is even worse, as
> > > name mangling is completely different.  Then there's __cdecl vs
> > > __fastcall.  VC++ exception handling is implemented in an utterly
> > > different fashion than g++ also.  Any words of assurance :)
> >
> > OK, I know better than to ask because I already know the answer:  the
> > GNU frontends are going to generate code that expects to link with GNU
> > libraries.  Other vendors' libraries need not apply.  Case closed.
> 
> Actually, GCC is designed to work with the vector's C runtime library.  We
> do need support for fastcall and other calling convention stuff, but
> that's in the pipeline anyway.  The bigger issue is probably getting GCC
> to grok the windows header files.  I have no idea how well it does in that
> department.
> 
> -Chris

I'll have to conduct an experiment to find out.  But I won't say what
that experiment will be because it'll probably violate Microsoft's EULA
:)