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> org] On Behalf Of David Brown
> Sent: Monday, April 20, 2009 2:36 PM
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> Subject: [avr-gcc-list] Re: avr superoptimizer
> 
> I really don't know the status of LLVM and how well it would 
> work for a 
> small device like the AVR - but it would be *very* 
> interesting to find 
> out!  There are a lot of small microcontrollers with limited 
> or no open 
> source compilers, most of which are poorly suited to gcc 
> ports.  Maybe 
> they are equally unsuitable for LLVM ports - but maybe not.  The only 
> way to know for sure is for someone to work on such a port 
> and see how 
> it goes.  That sounds like a great student project to me!

Oh, you're certainly preaching to the choir. I understand the potential 
benefits of such a thing.

It's the "sponsor" part that may not fly right now.


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