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From: Ivan Viso Altamirano <ivanviso123@×××××.com>
To: gentoo-user@l.g.o
Subject: [gentoo-user] Re: Is LLVM bytecode the future ?
Date: Mon, 25 Aug 2014 19:55:24
Message-Id: CAJoFwWsxvKw4WTfWnX-ZaY-=vxeQKvsgjbhM2pPFr=WC+YAdHg@mail.gmail.com
In Reply to: [gentoo-user] Is LLVM bytecode the future ? by Ivan Viso Altamirano
1 Sorry , i accidentally send it . What i wanted to say is that , Theoretically
2 , you can :
3 1) Native compile statically typed non-native lenguages
4 2) Recompile binaries for another architecture and even plataforms .
5 3) Achive a .NET like CLI , but even better .
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7 And , notice , that the LLVM garbage collector is a little precary .
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11 2014-08-25 19:45 GMT+00:00 Ivan Viso Altamirano <ivanviso123@×××××.com>:
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13 > This has little to do with Gentoo , but still it is a interesting debate .
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15 > You can compile a great sort of programing lenguages to llvm bytecode :
16 > C(++) , java , Objetive C(++) , C# , Haskell , Rust ... And a lot more . On
17 > the other side , you CAN'T compile , lenguages like python or perl .
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19 > The interesting part is that a feature under developement : It can
20 > decompile C(++) code to LLVM bytecode , (only if it not use plataform
21 > specific libraries or assembly code ) So , you can easily port your
22 > favourite X86 privative application to ARM or PPC , Just wonderfull .
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