Kirill Kononenko wrote:
>>> 2009/4/1 Andrew Haley:
>>>> Kirill Kononenko wrote:
>>>>
>>>>> I would like to ask your opinion about possibility for integration of
>>>>> the libJIT Just-In-Time compilation library and GCC. For example, the
>>>>> same way as libffi is integrated within gcc source tree. It seems to
>>>>> me that LLVM solves many goals that are already complete and solved in
>>>>> GCC. So I think libJIT potentially is more useful for GCC and software
>>>>> developers.
>>>> Useful for what? I think you have to tell us how this will improve the
>>>> experience of gcc users .
>> Kirill Kononenko wrote:
>>> More useful in implementation of Just-In-Time compilation in Virtual
>>> Machine runtimes. For example, for Microsoft Common Intermediate
>>> Language (.NET).
>> We already know what a JIT does, thank you. I think you have to tell us how
>
> Please could you specify more precisely the 'we' here?
I think he means "Every single reader of the GCC mailing list, or as close
as makes no difference".
> I really don't understand what you exactly mean here.
>
>> having libjit integrated in gcc will improve the experience of gcc users.
>> As opposed to them, say, using libjit as a library separate from gcc.
>>
>
> Just read my first post.
Hi, I also read your first post. It says
> It seems to
> me that LLVM solves many goals that are already complete and solved in
> GCC. So I think libJIT potentially is more useful for GCC and software
> developers.
but you don't say what libjit would be more useful than, or how this overlap
between "solved goals" between gcc and llvm implies that. Do you simply mean
that, because llvm and gcc both cover similar areas, and because libjit is
useful for llvm, it must also be useful for gcc? Could you list some of these
goals and explain how they relate to JIT?
You also wrote
> I think GCC could benefit a lot if an
> integration of both libJIT and GCC could be considered
but you don't explicitly describe any of the benefits you think will arise.
Can you enlarge on exactly what effect it would have if libjit was integrated
into GCC (presumably in the runtime support libraries somewhere) rather than
just existing as a separate installation? I can't see how it would perform
any differently.
cheers,
DaveK
