[llvm-dev] A "Java Backend"

[Sanjoy Das via llvm-dev]

Hi Lorenzo,

One related project (though not exactly what you want) is 
https://github.com/graalvm/sulong

-- Sanjoy

Lorenzo Laneve via llvm-dev wrote:
> My idea was to create a complete backend treating Java as a normal platform, to enable LLVM to compile programs to Java Bytecode (.class) and Java Archive files (.jar). This could be useful in situations where we need to compile a program for a platform still not natively supported by LLVM.
>
> I don't know if it exists already, I've heard about this "LLJVM" but I don't think it does the same thing as my idea.
> What do you think?
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