diff --git a/docs/GettingStarted.html b/docs/GettingStarted.html index b61bf6f6a62..c2aac2fb66c 100644 --- a/docs/GettingStarted.html +++ b/docs/GettingStarted.html @@ -105,8 +105,7 @@ on other platforms, so it should be possible to generate and produce LLVM bytecode on unsupported platforms (although bytecode generated on one platform may not work on another platform). However, the code generators - and Just In Time Compilers (JIT's) only generate SparcV9 or x86 machine - code. + and Just-In-Time (JIT) compilers only generate SparcV9 or x86 machine code.
+ command line, respectively). Finally, for architectures that support it + (currently only x86 and Sparc), by default, lli will function as + a Just-In-Time compiler (if the functionality was compiled in), and will + execute the code much faster than the interpreter.
+ which translates LLVM bytecode to a SPARC or x86 assembly file.
+ generator (assuming you are currently on a Sparc system):
% llc hello.bc -o hello.s