LLVM Compiler Infrastructure

[douggilliland]

In the mind as target...

https://llvm.org

Need to crank out basic functionality first.

[douggilliland]

@mjgpy3 Good video on LLVM

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=a5-WaD8VV38

[douggilliland]

A video on the LLVM IR.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=m8G_S5LwlTo

Probably the core work that would need to be done is on the IR?

[douggilliland]

@mjgpy3
Compiler Explorer looks like a fantastic tool to see what the compiler does on the fly.

https://godbolt.org

[douggilliland]

A helpful video with RISC-V as the example:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AFaIP-dF-RA

[douggilliland]

@mjgpy3 Compiler Explorer with IR output added.

[douggilliland]

@mjgpy3 I have probably watched 60-80 hours of videos on LLVM and I don't feel any closer to being able to figure out how to convert LLVM IR into assembly code.

[mjgpy3]

@douggilliland haha, yeah. It's always struck me as being complicated as well...

[mjgpy3]

@douggilliland did you see this one? https://www.llvm.org/docs/WritingAnLLVMBackend.html

[douggilliland]

@mjgpy3
Very kewl doc!

Thanks.