Re: What's lacking: a good intermediate form

"Tony" <tony@my.net> writes:
....
> I didn't reject LLVM. I was recently at the project website and got
> the impression that their goals will not be achieved for many
> years. Vaporware? ...
> Again though, because LLVM project goals are so lofty, it may not be
> available in my lifetime...


It is available *now*. Quoting from a prominently placed blurb on the web site:


"March 2, 2009: LLVM 2.5 is now available for download!"


Although this is a recent release, versions prior to 2.5 have been
available for years. Version 1.0 was released in October of 2003.


Moreover, LLVM is not just available *now*, it is in use *now*. Not
just in student projects (which are probably comparable to your
goals), but also in real products. Every iPhone is using LLVM.


Because the LLVM project is an ongoing one, there are always goals yet
ahead -- short term ones that will be addressed in the next release
(currently 2.6) and loftier ones that may well never be achieved. But
that has nothing to do with the current status. Version 2.5 is plenty
good for your purposes.


In the time you have spent writing about LLVM's imagined shortcomings,
you ought to have been able to try it out. If you actually work on
your project, and get stuck at some point, I will be happy to help out
-- a real bargain for you, considering that my students pay thousands
of dollars for this privilege. But I'm no longer going to engage in a
hypothetical discussion.

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