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cranelift
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cranelift

Cranelift code generator

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REPOSITORY AT A GLANCE

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What it is

Cranelift code generator

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Where it is used

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What people are saying

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Also in these discussions

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This week on Hacker News

Nov 7–Nov 14 UTC · Direct repository links and separately labeled related project stories. Indexed through 11/14/2026, 6:01:08 PM UTC.

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Mentions over time

HN mentions by year16 dated mentions

Observed mentions: 2017-05-17 18:33:13 UTC to 2020-02-09 12:49:31 UTC.

02462017-01-01 00:00:00 UTC to 2018-01-01 00:00:00 UTC (exclusive): 2 mentions; 0 submissions, 2 comments20172018-01-01 00:00:00 UTC to 2019-01-01 00:00:00 UTC (exclusive): 4 mentions; 1 submissions, 3 comments20182019-01-01 00:00:00 UTC to 2020-01-01 00:00:00 UTC (exclusive): 6 mentions; 0 submissions, 6 comments2020-01-01 00:00:00 UTC to 2021-01-01 00:00:00 UTC (exclusive): 4 mentions; 0 submissions, 4 comments2020

Counts come from the repository’s dated source evidence. Index cutoff: 2026-11-02 08:16:59 UTC.

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PeriodStart (UTC)End (exclusive, UTC)MentionsSubmissionsComments
20172017-01-01 00:00:00 UTC2018-01-01 00:00:00 UTC202
20182018-01-01 00:00:00 UTC2019-01-01 00:00:00 UTC413
20192019-01-01 00:00:00 UTC2020-01-01 00:00:00 UTC606
20202020-01-01 00:00:00 UTC2021-01-01 00:00:00 UTC404

What Hacker News says

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kodablah·Oct 20, 2017
On a similar note, I have been watching this[0] project which provides an IR to target and optional optimizations. But I like the idea that the only difference between a JIT and an AOT compiler is optimization choice (assuming we don't include tracing as part of the JIT features). Also, this[1] blog series is a must-read for interested beginners. 0 - https://github.com/stoklund/cretonne/ 1 - https://eli.thegreenplace.net/2017/adventures-in-jit-compila...
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