[LLVMdev] Preferring to use GCC instead of LLVM

[Jon Harrop]

On Sunday 11 May 2008 03:55:50 kr512 wrote:
> That doesn't help us.  We have a front-end.  We need a
> back-end.   But LLVM is an incomplete backend because LLVM
> by itself cannot generate ready-to-execute .EXE or .DLL
> file.

Can you explain why you would like to generate DLLs on the customer's computer 
rather than using LLVM as a JIT compiler?

If you are happy with JIT compilation then the article on LLVM in the OCaml 
Journal covers everything you need to know to get started.

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Dr Jon D Harrop, Flying Frog Consultancy Ltd.
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