17.03.2013, 02:08, "Juan Jose Garcia-Ripoll" <juanjose.garciarip...@gmail.com>: > On Sat, Mar 16, 2013 at 3:29 PM, Anton Vodonosov <avodono...@yandex.ru> wrote: >> As ECL can compiles List to C, a C compiler generating LLVM code may be used >> (llvm-gcc or clang). > > What Christian is doing is more what I thought should be done: automatically > generating LLVM bytecode and loading it with LLVM, so that it is natively > compiled. Using clang is not really winning anything: one may just as well > use any other C ocmpiler
There is a potential win: LLVM may be compiled not only to native code. My primary interest is javascript, see here: https://github.com/kripken/emscripten I dream about full CL in browser :) >> Juan Jose, Christian, how can you compare Lisp -> C -> LLVM with Lisp -> LLVM >> solution to ECL? >> My understantind (pure theoretical, I haven't tried any of that): >> if ECL can generate LLVM directly, it is a simplification to user, less >> tools to chain. >> But Lisp to LLVM required efforts to implement and will also take mainenance >> efforts. >> Christian, have you compared these options, or you were just guided by >> interest >> to learn/try your own Lisp -> LLVM implementation? > > ECL's current compiler generates C, but this is done on a second pass that > may be abstracted out to use a different backend. This is what I was trying > with the new compiler, but I found I do not have enough time for doing the > compiler as well as the backend -- at least not in the near future. However, > if Christian's tools for the generation of LLVM code are readable enough, I > believe they could be used with ECL as well, coexisting with the C backend. > Aha, OK (I hope I understood what you mean). ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Everyone hates slow websites. So do we. Make your web apps faster with AppDynamics Download AppDynamics Lite for free today: http://p.sf.net/sfu/appdyn_d2d_mar _______________________________________________ Ecls-list mailing list Ecls-list@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/ecls-list
