Tue, 02 Mar 2010 14:55:05 -0500, bearophile wrote: > retard: >> - a new llvm based backend which is a lot faster > > I guess most people on Reddit has not read the original thesis. The LLVM > Haskell back-end: - Needs less code to be used by the front-end, this is > quite positive for them. - LLVM compiles better certain heavy numerical > kernels. So if you want to use Haskell for number crunching LLVM is > better. While most of other Haskell code becomes a little slower.
Can you cite any sources? I'd like to know the cases where GCC is faster than the don's new approach.
