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<li><a href="#felangs">Source Languages</a> <li><a href="#felangs">Source Languages</a>
<ol> <ol>
<li><a href="#langs">What source languages are supported?</a></li> <li><a href="#langs">What source languages are supported?</a></li>
<li><a href="#langirgen">I'd like to write an LLVM compiler for my language. <li><a href="#langirgen">I'd like to write a self-hosting LLVM compiler. How
How should I interface with the LLVM middle-end optimizers and back-end should I interface with the LLVM middle-end optimizers and back-end code
code generators?</a></div> generators?</a></div>
<li><a href="#langhlsupp">What support is there for higher level source <li><a href="#langhlsupp">What support is there for higher level source
language constructs for building a compiler?</a></li> language constructs for building a compiler?</a></li>
<li><a href="GetElementPtr.html">I don't understand the GetElementPtr <li><a href="GetElementPtr.html">I don't understand the GetElementPtr
@ -418,13 +418,14 @@ using <tt>llvm-gcc</tt> instead.</p>
</div> </div>
<div class="question"><p><a name="langirgen"> <div class="question"><p><a name="langirgen">
I'd like to write an LLVM compiler for my language. How should I interface I'd like to write a self-hosting LLVM compiler. How should I interface with
with the LLVM middle-end optimizers and back-end code generators? the LLVM middle-end optimizers and back-end code generators?
</a></p></div> </a></p></div>
<div class="answer"> <div class="answer">
<p>Your compiler front-end will communicate with LLVM by creating a module in <p>Your compiler front-end will communicate with LLVM by creating a module in
the LLVM intermediate representation (IR) format. There are 3 major ways to the LLVM intermediate representation (IR) format. Assuming you want to
tackle generating LLVM IR from a front-end:</p> write your language's compiler in the language itself (rather than C++),
there are 3 major ways to tackle generating LLVM IR from a front-end:</p>
<ul> <ul>
<li> <li>
<strong>Call into the LLVM libraries code using your language's FFI <strong>Call into the LLVM libraries code using your language's FFI