Check out QBE and see how you like it vs LLVM: http://c9x.me/compile/ http://c9x.me/compile/ It's designed to be simpler. One user told me it already compiles

Check out QBE and see how you like it vs LLVM: http://c9x.me/compile/ http://c9x.me/compile/ It's designed to be simpler. One user told me it already compiles their project 4x faster than GCC with estimated speed between 01 and 02 despite so few lines of code. If it's backends are easier, might be a selling point on top of simplicity.