[LLVMdev] Preferring to use GCC instead of LLVM

Pertti Kellomäki pertti.kellomaki at tut.fi
Tue May 13 00:46:47 PDT 2008


kr512 wrote:
> So the point is, Windoze developers will tend to reject LLVM 
> while it requires that MinGW or Cygwin be installed, because 
> MinGW/Cygwin eliminate the need for LLVM.
> 
> The Solution:
> Make LLVM usable as a DLL or SLL in Windoze, capable of 
> generating a finished ready-to-execute .EXE or .DLL file, 
> without requiring that MinGW or Cygwin be installed first.

Yes, that sounds like a very useful contribution to the project.
I'm sure you could come up with something  if you got together
with other Windows developers in this list to hash out what
needs to be done.
-- 
Pertti



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