[LLVMdev] Avoiding jump (branch) instructions in a LLVM JavaScript backend

[Charles Ying]

Hello llvm-dev,

I've been hacking on a JavaScript backend to LLVM, starting with the
CBackend as base.

Sadly, JavaScript does not support a "goto" style of jump instruction,
making it "tricky" to code generate a jump instruction.

What might you recommend for avoiding jump instructions? Is there a
transformation for something like this or any other ideas? The only solution
I see at the moment is to write a small VM execution loop in JavaScript, but
I was hoping that there might be other solutions.

Thanks!
Charles
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