Arthur Loiret wrote:
Package: wnpp
Severity: wishlist
Owner: Arthur Loiret <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
* Package name : llvm2
Version : 2.1
Upstream Author : LLVM Team, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign
* URL : http://llvm.org/
* License : LLVM Release License
Programming Lang: C++
Description : Low-Level Virtual Machine (LLVM) compiler for C/C++
The Low-Level Virtual Machine (LLVM) is a collection of libraries and
tools that make it easy to build compilers, optimizers, Just-In-Time
code generators, and many other compiler-related programs. LLVM
uses a single, language-independent virtual instruction set both
as an offline code representation (to communicate code between
compiler phases and to run-time systems) and as the compiler internal
representation (to analyze and transform programs). This persistent
code representation allows a common set of sophisticated compiler
techniques to be applied at compile-time, link-time, install-time,
run-time, or "idle-time" (between program runs).
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The strengths of the LLVM infrastructure are its extremely
simple design (which makes it easy to understand and use),
source-language independence, powerful mid-level optimizer, automated
compiler debugging support, extensibility, and its stability and
reliability. LLVM is currently being used to host a wide variety of
academic research projects and commercial projects. LLVM includes C
and C++ front-ends (based on GCC 4.0.1), a front-end for a Forth-like
language (Stacker), a young scheme front-end, and Java support is
in development. LLVM can generate code for X86, SparcV9, PowerPC,
or it can emit C code.
Arthur,
It seems sort of overkill to do a whole new ITP for LLVM. If you're
interested, you could take over the maintenance of the existing
LLVM packages, perhaps even put them into team maintenance. I haven't
had the time need to maintain the packages, and haven't put it up for
adoption yet, mostly because no one else has come forward as willing
to do the work...
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Ciao,
al
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