LLVM Headers

parkovski · Post by **parkovski** » May 06, 2011 17:13

I've translated the LLVM C bindings to FB, which you can get from here: https://sites.google.com/site/parkersnell/freebasic
There are instructions included, and a sample program that uses LLVM's JIT. It's tricky to get working though, especially if you're on a 64 bit system. Would this type of thing be a good candidate to include with the FB distribution? It could be really useful, and it also opens up the possibility of an LLVM emitter for FB someday.

Post by **dkl** » May 06, 2011 17:49

Hmm, that's pretty cool. Feel free to submit the headers to the freebasic-headers project. It already has some other new headers, and I hope we can use it as the single source of headers in the future. The plan is to always include a basic/common/most-wanted set of headers in the all-in-one FB installer, or maybe just all of them.

vdecampo · Post by **vdecampo** » May 06, 2011 20:12

I debated creating a BASIC that emitted LLVM. I never got around to actually testing LLVM to see how versatile it was.

[Sigh]Ahhh time.[/End Sigh]

-Vince

stylin · Post by **stylin** » May 06, 2011 21:13

I cannot speak for the C API, but playing around with the C++ interface for a time was very fun and it seems well designed.

parkovski · Post by **parkovski** » May 07, 2011 4:47

I haven't done much with the C bindings either, but LLVM is surprisingly easy to work with once you get started, and very powerful. I think it could be a real possibility to bring FB into the 64 bit world too.

It looks like I may need to clean up my headers a little bit before submitting them. In the meantime they're on my google page if anyone wants to try it out.