Ian Lance Taylor wrote: > LLVM byte code is generated by LLVM, not gcc. The question here is > whether it is desirable to permit using LLVM to generate LLVM byte > code and to then use GCC to turn that byte code into machine code. > (It will not be desirable to apply the exception if GCC is someday > used to generate LLVM byte code, nor if LLVM is someday used as an > optimization plugin to GCC). This question is hypothetical, as I > don't know of any plans to create such a tool. Isn't llvm-gcc such a tool? It generates LLVM byte code, and it is, I'm pretty sure, a derivate of GCC.
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