Chris Lattner <clatt...@apple.com> writes: >> Some time ago, there was a discussion about integrating LLVM and GCC >> [1]. However, with plugin infrastructure in place, could LLVM be >> plugged into GCC as an additional optimization plugin? > > I'd love to see this, but I can't contribute to it directly. I think > the plugin interfaces would need small extensions, but there are no > specific technical issues preventing it from happening. LLVM has > certainly progressed a lot since that (really old) email went out :)
Is there a description somewhere of areas where llvm is thought to do well compared to gcc, and maybe future plans for improvement? In the (limited) tests I've done, gcc [4.4, but 4.2 yields similar results] seems to do a lot better than llvm [2.5], but those were C++ code and I wonder if llvm is currently concentrating on C? -Miles -- Quotation, n. The act of repeating erroneously the words of another. The words erroneously repeated.
