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Re: GCC + libJIT instead of LLVM
> 2009/4/1 Andrew Haley <aph@redhat.com>:
>> Kirill Kononenko wrote:
>>
>>> I would like to ask your opinion about possibility for integration of
>>> the libJIT Just-In-Time compilation library and GCC. For example, the
>>> same way as libffi is integrated within gcc source tree. It seems to
>>> me that LLVM solves many goals that are already complete and solved in
>>> GCC. So I think libJIT potentially is more useful for GCC and software
>>> developers.
>> Useful for what? I think you have to tell us how this will improve the
>> experience of gcc users .
Kirill Kononenko wrote:
> More useful in implementation of Just-In-Time compilation in Virtual
> Machine runtimes. For example, for Microsoft Common Intermediate
> Language (.NET).
We already know what a JIT does, thank you. I think you have to tell us how
having libjit integrated in gcc will improve the experience of gcc users.
As opposed to them, say, using libjit as a library separate from gcc.
Andrew.