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From: erik quanstrom <quanstro@quanstro.net>
Date: Thu,  3 Feb 2011 15:33:57 -0500
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Subject: Re: [9fans] Modern development language for Plan 9,
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> I must also say llvm has a lot of functionality. But even so
> there is a lot of bloat.  Let me just say the bloat is due to
> many factors but it has far *less* to do with graphs.
> Download llvm and take a peek.  I think the chosen language
> and the habits it promotes and the "impedance match" with the
> problem domain does play a significant role.

do you know of a compiler that uses a
graph-based approach that isn't huge?

> Or something equivalent. Example: How do you know moving an
> expression out of a for loop is valid? The optimizer needs to
> understand the control flow.

is this still a useful thing to be doing?

- erik