From: erik quanstrom <quanstro@quanstro.net>
To: 9fans@9fans.net
Subject: Re: [9fans] request for more GSoC project suggestions
Date: Thu, 26 Mar 2009 00:43:25 -0400 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <bf831ab92b88728ef4c98a3261992846@quanstro.net> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <9ab217670903251903l5a9e541dof878a5284152bb00@mail.gmail.com>
> I think the gist behind LLVM is that compilers can target it as a
> machine type, and it is able to create native binaries for its own
> supported machine type for anything that can run on it. So any
> compiler that can target LLVM would be able to target Plan 9. (Which
> is several of them)
at what point does indirection become misdirection?
but writing a compiler is a small task in comparison to dealing
with the platform. (writing drivers, dealing with memory, etc).
how does llvm deal with that? if it doesn't, then inferno is superior
by providing a virtual platform.
- erik
next prev parent reply other threads:[~2009-03-26 4:43 UTC|newest]
Thread overview: 34+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2009-03-25 15:16 Charles Forsyth
2009-03-25 15:06 ` Devon H. O'Dell
2009-03-26 5:19 ` lucio
2009-03-26 13:18 ` Devon H. O'Dell
2009-03-26 15:03 ` lucio
2009-03-26 15:17 ` lucio
2009-03-25 19:57 ` Paul Lalonde
2009-03-25 20:12 ` Devon H. O'Dell
2009-03-25 20:19 ` erik quanstrom
2009-03-25 20:28 ` Devon H. O'Dell
2009-03-25 20:38 ` Chris Brannon
2009-03-26 0:47 ` erik quanstrom
2009-03-26 1:10 ` Chris Brannon
2009-03-26 2:02 ` Roman Shaposhnik
2009-03-25 20:39 ` Paul Lalonde
2009-03-25 21:12 ` Charles Forsyth
2009-03-26 1:11 ` Roman V. Shaposhnik
2009-03-26 1:51 ` Paul Lalonde
2009-03-26 2:01 ` Roman Shaposhnik
2009-03-26 2:01 ` Devon H. O'Dell
2009-03-25 20:40 ` James Tomaschke
2009-03-25 22:48 ` Paul Lalonde
2009-03-25 23:20 ` Devon H. O'Dell
2009-03-25 23:26 ` erik quanstrom
2009-03-26 2:03 ` Devon H. O'Dell
2009-03-26 4:43 ` erik quanstrom [this message]
2009-03-26 2:05 ` Roman Shaposhnik
2009-03-26 14:21 ` Joel C. Salomon
2009-03-26 15:09 ` Juan M. Mendez
2009-03-26 15:18 ` Devon H. O'Dell
2009-03-26 16:23 ` [9fans] LLVM & Exceptions (Was re. request for more GSoC project suggestions) Joel C. Salomon
2009-03-26 0:09 ` [9fans] request for more GSoC project suggestions Federico G. Benavento
2009-03-26 1:54 ` Devon H. O'Dell
2009-03-26 10:41 ` Charles Forsyth
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