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From: erik quanstrom <quanstro@quanstro.net>
Date: Thu, 26 Mar 2009 00:43:25 -0400
To: 9fans@9fans.net
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Subject: Re: [9fans] request for more GSoC project suggestions
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> 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