On Sat, 15 Nov 2008 11:08:46 +0100, janrinze <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > On Fri, 2008-11-14 at 11:10 +0100, mosfet wrote: >> Hi, >> >> I wanted to know if some people have already tried the llvm compiler that >> may be the next open source compiler. >> Do you know if we can compile arm platform ? >> I am asking because from what I read, tllvm would have a clean >> architecture >> and would be easier to work on it. >> > > Hi Mosfet, > > the llvm project sounds really interesting. The current status > (specially for ARM) seems to be in its infancy. > http://llvm.org/releases/2.4/docs/ReleaseNotes.html > > The gcc compiler environment is much more mature and know to produce > stable, fast and good code. As with compilers is the case, there will > always be room for improvement. Getting the last 20% improvement usually > needs a shift in paradigm so I have no doubt that llvm will enable > better results in the future. > > Until llvm has proper ARM support and is well tested over a wide range > of applications it is wise to stick with gcc. Specially since that will > help to distinguish between errors made in the cegcc specific code or in > the gcc compiler in general. Llvm would make that task much harder. > > Just my 2 cents.. > > Jan Rinze. >
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