DADanWaterworth·Apr 29, 2017
You could potentially go via C. https://github.com/draperlaboratory/llvm-cbe
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resurrected LLVM "C Backend", with improvements
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resurrected LLVM "C Backend", with improvements
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The LLVM C backend was removed in LLVM 3.1. But the Monster has been reanimated by [0]/[1]! I wonder if anyone has updated the Cell SPU backend that was eventually removed.…
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| Period | Start (UTC) | End (exclusive, UTC) | Mentions | Submissions | Comments |
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| Dec 2014 | 2014-12-01 00:00:00 UTC | 2015-01-01 00:00:00 UTC | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| Jan 2015 | 2015-01-01 00:00:00 UTC | 2015-02-01 00:00:00 UTC | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Feb 2015 | 2015-02-01 00:00:00 UTC | 2015-03-01 00:00:00 UTC | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Mar 2015 | 2015-03-01 00:00:00 UTC | 2015-04-01 00:00:00 UTC | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Apr 2015 | 2015-04-01 00:00:00 UTC | 2015-05-01 00:00:00 UTC | 2 | 0 | 2 |
| May 2015 | 2015-05-01 00:00:00 UTC | 2015-06-01 00:00:00 UTC | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Jun 2015 | 2015-06-01 00:00:00 UTC | 2015-07-01 00:00:00 UTC | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Jul 2015 | 2015-07-01 00:00:00 UTC | 2015-08-01 00:00:00 UTC | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Aug 2015 | 2015-08-01 00:00:00 UTC | 2015-09-01 00:00:00 UTC | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| Sep 2015 | 2015-09-01 00:00:00 UTC | 2015-10-01 00:00:00 UTC | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Oct 2015 | 2015-10-01 00:00:00 UTC | 2015-11-01 00:00:00 UTC | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Nov 2015 | 2015-11-01 00:00:00 UTC | 2015-12-01 00:00:00 UTC | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Dec 2015 | 2015-12-01 00:00:00 UTC | 2016-01-01 00:00:00 UTC | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Jan 2016 | 2016-01-01 00:00:00 UTC | 2016-02-01 00:00:00 UTC | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Feb 2016 | 2016-02-01 00:00:00 UTC | 2016-03-01 00:00:00 UTC | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Mar 2016 | 2016-03-01 00:00:00 UTC | 2016-04-01 00:00:00 UTC | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Apr 2016 | 2016-04-01 00:00:00 UTC | 2016-05-01 00:00:00 UTC | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| May 2016 | 2016-05-01 00:00:00 UTC | 2016-06-01 00:00:00 UTC | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Jun 2016 | 2016-06-01 00:00:00 UTC | 2016-07-01 00:00:00 UTC | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Jul 2016 | 2016-07-01 00:00:00 UTC | 2016-08-01 00:00:00 UTC | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Aug 2016 | 2016-08-01 00:00:00 UTC | 2016-09-01 00:00:00 UTC | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Sep 2016 | 2016-09-01 00:00:00 UTC | 2016-10-01 00:00:00 UTC | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Oct 2016 | 2016-10-01 00:00:00 UTC | 2016-11-01 00:00:00 UTC | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Nov 2016 | 2016-11-01 00:00:00 UTC | 2016-12-01 00:00:00 UTC | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Dec 2016 | 2016-12-01 00:00:00 UTC | 2017-01-01 00:00:00 UTC | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Jan 2017 | 2017-01-01 00:00:00 UTC | 2017-02-01 00:00:00 UTC | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Feb 2017 | 2017-02-01 00:00:00 UTC | 2017-03-01 00:00:00 UTC | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Mar 2017 | 2017-03-01 00:00:00 UTC | 2017-04-01 00:00:00 UTC | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Apr 2017 | 2017-04-01 00:00:00 UTC | 2017-05-01 00:00:00 UTC | 1 | 0 | 1 |
What Hacker News says
6 sourcesLLVM had a c backened, it is no longer maintained. There was a project [1] to resurrect it but there hasn't been a commit in 11 months so I don't know the state of it.
I've seen it come up a lot for various reasons related to rust so maybe someone will do the work. I think most of the reasons you'd want a C backened could be solved better just by extending the compiler, but not this case (closed source c-only utility).
[1]:https://github.com/draperlaboratory/llvm-cbe
In Windows Kernel-Mode Drivers Written in RustLLVM has a C backend [1], though I don't know how complete/stable it is. Getting a bit sillier, it's possible (albeit probably not sensible) to decompile asm to C [2].
[1] https://github.com/draperlaboratory/llvm-cbe
[2] http://boomerang.sourceforge.net/
In Announcing Rust 1.2The LLVM C backend was removed in LLVM 3.1. But the Monster has been reanimated by [0]/[1]!
I wonder if anyone has updated the Cell SPU backend that was eventually removed. That is one of my favorite architectures. =)
[0]: https://github.com/draperlaboratory/llvm-cbe
[1]: http://thread.gmane.org/gmane.comp.compilers.llvm.devel/7594...
In Rust once, run everywhereLikewise I keep hoping someone will make a compile-Rust-to-portable-C story realistic also! The LLVM C backend has been revived!
https://github.com/draperlaboratory/llvm-cbe
http://lists.cs.uiuc.edu/pipermail/llvmdev/2014-August/07593...
In Rust once, run everywhereYes, agreed, though I really wish Rust could compile to C: http://www.reddit.com/r/rust/comments/2e8t9k/my_1_wish_list_...
Someone has revived the LLVM C Backend. Hopefully this could be a path to Rust->C compilation: https://github.com/draperlaboratory/llvm-cbe
Compiling to C is so important to me that I may check out Nim as an alternative to Rust, despite liking Rust very much.
In Nim Advocacy and Promotion Strategies