[fpc-pascal] Object pascal language compatiblity - was: Does FPC 2.8.0 can actually still be called Pascal ?

[Mark Morgan Lloyd]

Sven Barth wrote:

>> An llvm target will move the optimisation burden away from fpc, which
>> would be very interesting.
> 
> While we would welcome a LLVM backend it is basically a consent in the 
> development team that this would only be an additional alternative to 
> the normal backends FPC provides.

LLVM's target list doesn't look particularly brilliant compared with 
FPC's :-/

Are there any practical advantages to having both? Could inspecting LLVM 
output help in getting a native code generator off the ground, or does 
it output enough debugging info to suggest novel optimisations?

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Mark Morgan Lloyd
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