[LLVMdev] java front-end

[Minas Abrahamyan]

Hi Joshua,

> I'm trying to use the Java front-end (which, based on svn commits, appears
> to be three-years-dead),
> I'm trying to use llvm as a replacement aot compiler

I'm not acquainted with the Avian JVM, but
haven't  you considered using VMkit llvm project, it contains
.class/.jar to llvm compiler, also JIT compiler(native code compiler)
and aot compiler.
And it's not three years-old

Regards,
Minas


On Fri, Jul 16, 2010 at 9:41 PM, Joshua Warner <joshuawarner32 at gmail.com> wrote:
> Hi,
>
> I'm trying to use the Java front-end (which, based on svn commits, appears
> to be three-years-dead), and I'm running into some build errors.  In that
> time did llvm change from building with exception handling and rtti to
> building without?
>
> I remember reading somewhere that llvm code should use dyn_cast instead of
> dynamic_cast.  Do these need to be changed here?
>
> A little background:
> I'm trying to use llvm as a replacement aot compiler for the Avian JVM (see
> oss.readytalk.com).  I figured I may be able to complete the java front end,
> and sufficiently parameterize it to be used with Avian (which will
> essentially just provide runtime services like GC and exception handling).
>
> Sincerely,
> Joshua