[fpc-pascal] What to do to get new users

[Sven Barth]

Peter B via fpc-pascal <fpc-pascal at lists.freepascal.org> schrieb am Do.,
17. Okt. 2024, 13:29:

> Anybody,
> on the subject of llvm; does anyone know if the option of llvm
> back-end for fpc is ever going to make an official release?
>

The LLVM port has some shortcomings that will for the foreseeable future
have it be a less good choice (like missing floating point exception
handling if I remember correctly).


> That would be really interesting if it means fpc could be bootstrapped
> to new hardware.
>

The LLVM port does not help in that regard at all, because the platform
specific backends are still required for some low level stuff.

Regards,
Sven

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