While LLVM is undoubtedly a great project for compiler research, lets not forget those that predated it with similar ideas like the Amsterdam Compiler Toolkit, or IBM's PL.8 compiler for the RISC project.
by kelseyfrog
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It's also fairly accessible to LLMs. I was surprised at how quickly a self-hosting compiler could be brought up using the LLVM ecosystem.
by norir
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This infrastructure is also slow and leads to poor compilation times for any language that uses llvm as a backend. In an era of automatic code generation, this will become more and more of a problem as llvm compilation times will become a huge bottleneck. I am very bearish on llvm as a technology and while I will acknowledge its influence, I expect that it is at or near its peak and market share will decline dramatically over the next five to ten years.
by tristenharr
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I’ve been shocked by how much LLVM leaves on the table while designing Logos language! Some very exciting benchmarks coming soon that we’ve been working on for over 6 months, but LLVM misses a LOT of potential optimizations when you have a strong type system!
by visha1v
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LLVM here refers to the LLVM Compiler Infrastructure, an open source software system created to simplify the design and implementation of compilers and a wide range of compiler-based tools.
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