[llvm-commits] [llvm] r65579 - /llvm/trunk/docs/ReleaseNotes.html

[Chris Lattner]

Author: lattner
Date: Thu Feb 26 16:33:38 2009
New Revision: 65579

URL: http://llvm.org/viewvc/llvm-project?rev=65579&view=rev
Log:
drop some un-edited text for pure and ldc in here.

Modified:
    llvm/trunk/docs/ReleaseNotes.html

Modified: llvm/trunk/docs/ReleaseNotes.html
URL: http://llvm.org/viewvc/llvm-project/llvm/trunk/docs/ReleaseNotes.html?rev=65579&r1=65578&r2=65579&view=diff

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--- llvm/trunk/docs/ReleaseNotes.html (original)
+++ llvm/trunk/docs/ReleaseNotes.html Thu Feb 26 16:33:38 2009
@@ -13,6 +13,7 @@
 <ol>
   <li><a href="#intro">Introduction</a></li>
   <li><a href="#subproj">Sub-project Status Update</a></li>
+  <li><a href="#externalproj">External Projects Using LLVM 2.5</a></li>
   <li><a href="#whatsnew">What's New in LLVM?</a></li>
   <li><a href="GettingStarted.html">Installation Instructions</a></li>
   <li><a href="#portability">Portability and Supported Platforms</a></li>
@@ -61,6 +62,8 @@
        one MBB to another
   debug info for optimized code
   interpreter + libffi
+  postalloc scheduler: anti dependence breaking, hazard recognizer?
+
  -->
 
  <!-- for announcement email:
@@ -98,7 +101,8 @@
 is continuing to make major strides forward in all areas.  Its C and Objective-C
 parsing and code generation support is now very solid.  For example, it is
 capable of successfully building many real applications for X86-32 and X86-64,
-including the FreeBSD kernel.  C++ is also making <a
+including <a href="http://wiki.freebsd.org/BuildingFreeBSDWithClang">the FreeBSD
+kernel</a>.  C++ is also making <a
 href="http://clang.llvm.org/cxx_status.html">incredible progress</a>, and work
 on templates has recently started.</p>
 
@@ -188,6 +192,64 @@
 </ul>
 </div>
 
+<!-- *********************************************************************** -->
+<div class="doc_section">
+  <a name="externalproj">External Projects Using LLVM 2.5</a>
+</div>
+<!-- *********************************************************************** -->
+
+<!--=========================================================================-->
+<div class="doc_subsection">
+<a name="pure">Pure</a>
+</div>
+
+<div class="doc_text">
+<p>
+http://pure-lang.googlecode.com/
+</p>
+
+<p>
+Pure is an algebraic/functional programming language based on term rewriting.
+Programs are collections of equations which are used to evaluate expressions in
+a symbolic fashion. Pure offers dynamic typing, eager and lazy evaluation,
+lexical closures, a hygienic macro system (also based on term rewriting), 
+built-in list and matrix support (including list and matrix comprehensions) and
+an easy-to-use C interface. The interpreter uses LLVM as a backend to
+ JIT-compile Pure programs to fast native code.</p>
+
+<p>In addition to the usual algebraic data structures, Pure also has
+MATLAB-style matrices in order to support numeric computations and signal
+processing in an efficient way. Pure is mainly aimed at mathematical
+applications right now, but it has been designed as a general purpose language.
+The dynamic interpreter environment and the C interface make it possible to use
+it as a kind of functional scripting language for many application areas.
+</p>
+</div>
+
+
+<!--=========================================================================-->
+<div class="doc_subsection">
+<a name="ldc">LLVM D Compiler</a>
+</div>
+
+<div class="doc_text">
+<p>
+http://www.dsource.org/projects/ldc
+</p>
+
+<p>
+I'd like to inform that the LDC project (LLVM D
+Compiler) is working with release 2.5 of LLVM. In fact we've required
+2.5 in our trunk since the release was branched.
+The improvements in 2.5 have fixed a lot of problems with LDC, more
+specifically the new inline asm constraints, better debug info
+support, general bugfixes :) and better x86-64 support have allowed
+some major improvements in LDC, getting us much closer to being as
+fully featured as the original DMD compiler from DigitalMars.
+</p>
+</div>
+
+
 
 <!-- *********************************************************************** -->
 <div class="doc_section">
@@ -243,7 +305,7 @@
 fastisel + exception handling
 vector widening <3 x float> -> <4 x float>
 arm port improvements? arm jit encoding stuff, constant island support?
-JIT TLS support on x86-32.
+JIT TLS support on x86-32 but not x86-64.
 mem2reg now faster on code with huge basic blocks
 stack protectors/stack canaries, -fstack-protector, controllable on a 
   per-function basis with attributes.
@@ -254,13 +316,12 @@
     DebugInfoBuilder gone.
 asmprinters seperate from targets for jits
 PBQP register allocator now supports register coalescing.
-JIT supports exceptions on linux/x86-64.
+JIT supports exceptions on linux/x86-64 and linux/x86-64.
 integer overflow intrinsics for [us](add/sub/mul).  Supported on all targets,
   but only generates efficient code on x86.
 X86 backend now supports -disable-mmx.
 noalias attribute on return value indicates that function returns new memory
   (e.g. malloc).
-postalloc scheduler: anti dependence breaking, hazard recognizer?
 llvmc2 renamed to llvmc
 Jump threading more powerful: it is iterative, handles threading based on values
   with fully redundant and partially redundant loads.