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Learn LLVM 12

You're reading from Learn LLVM 12 A beginner's guide to learning LLVM compiler tools and core libraries with C++

Product type Paperback

Published in May 2021

Publisher Packt

ISBN-13 9781839213502

Length 392 pages

Edition 1st Edition

Languages

C++

Tools

LLVM

Concepts

Build Automation

Author (1):

Kai Nacke

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Table of Contents (17) Chapters

Preface

1. Section 1 – The Basics of Compiler Construction with LLVM

2. Chapter 1: Installing LLVM FREE CHAPTER

3. Chapter 2: Touring the LLVM Source

4. Chapter 3: The Structure of a Compiler

5. Section 2 – From Source to Machine Code Generation

6. Chapter 4: Turning the Source File into an Abstract Syntax Tree

7. Chapter 5: Basics of IR Code Generation

8. Chapter 6: IR Generation for High-Level Language Constructs

9. Chapter 7: Advanced IR Generation

10. Chapter 8: Optimizing IR

11. Section 3 –Taking LLVM to the Next Level

12. Chapter 9: Instruction Selection

13. Chapter 10: JIT Compilation

14. Chapter 11: Debugging Using LLVM Tools

15. Chapter 12: Create Your Own Backend

16. Other Books You May Enjoy

Summary

In this chapter, you prepared your development machine to compile LLVM. You cloned the LLVM GitHub repository and compiled your own versions of LLVM and Clang. The build process can be customized with CMake variables. You also learned about useful variables and how to change them. Equipped with this knowledge, you can tweak LLVM for your needs.

In the next chapter, we will take a closer look at the contents of the LLVM mono repository. You will learn which projects are in it and how the projects are structured. You will then use this information to create your own project using LLVM libraries. Finally, you will learn how to compile LLVM for a different CPU architecture.

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Authors (1)

Kai Nacke

Kai Nacke

Kai Nacke is a professional IT architect currently residing in Toronto, Canada. He holds a diploma in computer science from the Technical University of Dortmund, Germany. and his diploma thesis on universal hash functions was recognized as the best of the semester. With over 20 years of experience in the IT industry, Kai has extensive expertise in the development and architecture of business and enterprise applications. In his current role, he evolves an LLVM/clang-based compiler. For several years, Kai served as the maintainer of LDC, the LLVM-based D compiler. He is the author of D Web Development and Learn LLVM 12, both published by Packt. In the past, he was a speaker in the LLVM developer room at the Free and Open Source Software Developers' European Meeting (FOSDEM).

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