[LLVMdev] an OS around LLVM

[James Courtier-Dutton]

You might wish to read this thread as well, for some backround on LLVM IR.
http://lists.cs.uiuc.edu/pipermail/llvmdev/2011-October/043719.html

Summary:
LLVM IR is target specific, not portable between different targets.
LLVM IR is actually a Compiler IR and not a virtual machine language.