[fpc-devel] The 15k bounty: Optimizing executable speed for Linux x86 / LLVM

[Florian Klaempfl]

Am 25.10.2018 um 09:06 schrieb Sven Barth via fpc-devel:
> Simon Kissel <simon.kissel at nerdherrschaft.com 
> <mailto:simon.kissel at nerdherrschaft.com>> schrieb am Do., 25. Okt. 2018, 
> 08:54:
> 
>     - Complete the LLVM branch of FPC. It looks like Jonas has stopped
>        working on it two years ago, which is a pity.
> 
> 
> I personally don't think that LLVM is the way to go. It's essentially a 
> moving target and adds an unnecessary dependency to the compiler.

Me neither :)

> 
>     - Rewrite the code generator, for example in a SSA-IR way
> 
> 
> Didn't Florian work on that already? I wonder how far he is by now 🤔

Got distracted by other stuff but also because I do not believe that it 
matters much for a lot real world programs (small benchmarks are another 
story).