It's not based on LLVM. I don't know how recently the official FAQ was updated, but they say [1] that while they thought about using LLVM, they thought it was t

It's not based on LLVM. I don't know how recently the official FAQ was updated, but they say [1] that while they thought about using LLVM, they thought it was too large and slow for what they were looking for. [1] https://golang.org/doc/faq#What_compiler_technology_is_used_to_build_the_compilers https://golang.org/doc/faq#What_compiler_technology_is_used_...