[LLVMdev] Real backend?

[Tanya M. Lattner]

> Thanks for reply, Tanya.
> Frankly speaking, I have no good idea.
> While googling, I could find the term, "real backend", in the articles so wondered how this was different from just backend used in LLVM.
> (E.g., Mr.Olofson mentioned "glSDL/backend (the
> "real" backend version; not yet in mainstream SDL releases)" in this article
> http://www.freelists.org/archives/gameprogrammer/04-2005/msg00010.html )
> Do you have any idea?

I would ask the author what they meant by that. I really have no idea.

A backend is a backend if it meets the definition. I don't think there is 
anyway for one to be real and one to be fake ;)

-Tanya

>
> Thank you so much.
> SJL
>
> ---- Original message ----
>> Date: Tue, 25 Sep 2007 11:17:37 -0700 (PDT)
>> From: "Tanya M. Lattner" <tonic at nondot.org>
>> Subject: Re: [LLVMdev] Real backend?
>> To: LLVM Developers Mailing List <llvmdev at cs.uiuc.edu>
>>
>>
>>> Hello, guys.
>>> May I ask you something a little bit far from LLVM?
>>> In fact, I am not sure what's difference between real backend and backend in LLVM.
>>> Can you shed lights on me if you have any idea?
>>
>> Ok.. I'll ask. What do you mean by real backend?
>>
>> The backend in LLVM is a compiler backend:
>> http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Compiler#Back_end
>>
>> -Tanya
>>
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