[LLVMdev] Getting To Native Code

[Reid Spencer]

On Wed, 2003-11-12 at 16:14, Misha Brukman wrote:

> > If LLVA isn't "real world" or "intended for end-user", how valuable is 
> > it as a research tool? 
> 
> Perhaps I should say what I really meant to say instead of vaguely
> generalizing. :)
> 
> The thing that will exist at some point (hopefully soon) will be
> essentially an emulator for LLVA. *THAT* is not intended for an
> end-user, an end-user here being someone who is not a
> compiler/architecture researcher or developer. This is because unlike
> something such as VMware, it does NOT have off-the-shelf software it can
> run, unless we make an effort to port it, or make LLVM able to compile
> it.
> 
> THAT is what I meant. LLVA is a definitely for everyone, but as an
> architecture implemented in hardware, not as an emulator.


Okay, that makes MUCH more sense .. quite reasonable. Thanks for the
clarfication.

Reid.
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