Hacker News with Generative AI: LLVM

Removing global state from LLD, the LLVM linker (maskray.me)
LLD, the LLVM linker, is a mature and fast linker supporting multiple binary formats (ELF, Mach-O, PE/COFF, WebAssembly). Designed as a standalone program, the code base relies heavily on global state, making it less than ideal for library integration.

Software Engineering, LLVM, Linkers

19 points by ingve 3 days ago | 0 comments

AMD Developing Next-Gen Fortran Compiler Based on Flang, Optimized for AMD GPUs (phoronix.com)
AMD today went public with details on the "AMD Next-Gen Fortran Compiler" as a new Fortran compiler they are working on based on LLVM's Flang.

AMD, Fortran, Compilers, GPUs, LLVM

5 points by sandwichsphinx 7 days ago | 0 comments

Working with Igalia to Improve RISC-V LLVM Continuous Integration (riseproject.dev)
The LLVM project provides a very widely used and actively developed suite of compiler and toolchain technologies: including Clang, the LLVM middle-end optimizer and backend code generator, MLIR, LLD linker, and much more. While RISC-V LLVM support has progressed significantly, a key area that needed attention was the limited level of continuous integration (CI) for the RISC-V target.

RISC-V, LLVM, Software, Open Source, Continuous Integration

30 points by thebeardisred 28 days ago | 7 comments

Triaging Clang C++ front end bugs (shafik.github.io)
I have been triaging clang C++ frontend bugs for about a couple of years now and I wanted to share some of the lessons I have learnt in the hopes that others in the C++/LLVM community can feel less intimidated and get in on the fun as well. I have tried to develop some good practices for triaging and I have attempted to distill those here as well.

C++, LLVM, Programming, Open Source, Bug Triaging

37 points by todsacerdoti 33 days ago | 0 comments

Jank development update – Moving to LLVM IR (jank-lang.org)
Hi everyone! It's been a few months since the last update and I'm excited to outline what's been going on and what's upcoming for jank, the native Clojure dialect.

Programming Languages, Clojure, Development, LLVM

190 points by refset 37 days ago | 49 comments

A high-performance, zero-overhead, extensible Python compiler using LLVM (github.com/exaloop)
Codon is a high-performance Python implementation that compiles to native machine code without any runtime overhead.

Python, Compilers, LLVM, Performance

241 points by wspeirs 64 days ago | 93 comments

It's not Rust, it's FreeBSD (and LLVM) (freebsd.org)

Operating Systems, Programming Languages, LLVM

32 points by smatija 78 days ago | 43 comments

RP2350 Hazard3 Added to LLVM (github.com/llvm)

LLVM, Software, Hardware, Programming Languages

16 points by hasheddan 93 days ago | 7 comments

LLVM Libc now has all C23 basic math functions for all 5 floating point types (llvm.org)