Hmm has anybody used e.g., llvm to do regex -> ir -> native code? I found a 2008 presentation about llvm's "regcomp", but didn't immediately turn up any benchm

Hmm has anybody used e.g., llvm to do regex -> ir -> native code? I found a 2008 presentation about llvm's "regcomp", but didn't immediately turn up any benchmarks; anyway, surely the state of the art moved since 10 years ago. Even so, a bullet point said llvm "could even vectorize common [regex] idoms" http://llvm.org/pubs/2008-10-04-ACAT-LLVM-Intro.pdf http://llvm.org/pubs/2008-10-04-ACAT-LLVM-Intro.pdf