Re: What's lacking: a good intermediate form

Tony wrote:
> I don't want:
>
> LLVM lex->LLVM parse->AST->LLVM IL->assembly or machine code for any CPU


And you are not very likely to get it, because there is no such
thing as "LLVM lex" or "LLVM parse".


> I want:
>
> lex->parse->AST->x86 assembly or machine code
>
> where lexing and parsing into the prescribed AST is the work of my own
> frontend code and the transformation into assembly or machine code is
> done by the backend "product".


So what's wrong with the following?


(your code): lex -> parse -> AST -> LLVM IL
(LLVM): LLVM IL -> x86 binary


I think you are still erroneously conflating LLVM with its frontends
like llvm-gcc and clang. It is perfectly possible to utilize LLVM
as if it were the system's native assembler. Simply make your compiler
generate a text representation of the IL, and use LLVM's command line
tools to produce the native executable.
--
Pertti

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