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From: =?ISO-8859-1?Q?=22C=2E_Bergstr=F6m=22?= <cbergstrom@pathscale.com>
Newsgroups: comp.compilers
Date: Sat, 03 Sep 2011 15:38:35 +0700
Organization: Compilers Central
References: 11-08-006 11-08-007 11-08-029 11-08-030 11-09-003 11-09-004
Keywords: courses, C, tools
Posted-Date: 03 Sep 2011 18:36:08 EDT

    On 09/ 3/11 12:43 PM, Philip Herron wrote:
> I would recommend the experience of implementing a front-end in GCC
> its a great area to start implementing a language and you can
> concentrate on more specificity what you want to do.
(I personally think this comment above is absurd)


For c or c-like languages clang is a great place to start.
http://clang.llvm.org/get_started.html


http://clang.llvm.org/comparison.html#gcc


LLVM isn't my preferred choice for compiler backend, but does have a
fairly low entry point for new engineers.


I apologize if this seems like a typical post of my editor is better
than yours


Best,


./C


@CTOPathScale


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