Re: GCC + libJIT instead of LLVM

[Kirill Kononenko <kirill dot kononenko at gmail dot com>]

>>> My explanations seem to have also failed to explain you.
>>> Unfortunately, one really needs have some back group with both
>>> Just-In-Time compilers,Virtual Machines, and Common Intermediate
>>> Language to understand this area. I understand that it is not your
>>> area of expertise, so it is not an issue for me.
>>
>> I think a JIT associated with GCC would be great.  Not everything is
>> static compilation.  "Split Compilation" combining static compilation
>> for complicated analysis along with a "Managed Runtime" for
>> execution and runtime transformations is becoming more important.
>>
>> libJIT could help with the runtime for a GCC implementation of OpenCL.
>> It could help with an environment for Java and CIL.
>>
>> A JIT associated with GCC would allow coordination between GCC
>> bytecode generation and the JIT.  It also can allow the JIT cache
>> to be pre-warmed by GCC static code and profiling information.
>>
>> There are many exciting opportunities.
>
>

Thank you David for this excellent explanation. I also think that
there are many exciting opportunities.


Thanks,
Kirill