[LLVMdev] Just how much can llvm be used?

[Bill Wendling]

On Fri, Jan 9, 2009 at 1:52 PM, Xavian-Anderson Macpherson
<Shingoshi at comcast.net> wrote:
> First let me admit that I'm completely uninformed here!
>
> 1. Will llvm produce errors if llc is used to compile itself?
> 2. Will make produce subsequent errors if compiled first by llc/llvm?

If by these two questions you mean "can LLVM self-host" (i.e., GCC
compiles LLVM and that LLVM then compiles LLVM) and runs without
(known) errors, then yes.

-bw

> 3. Can llc be used to compile the entire Linux toolchain?
>
> Shingoshi
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