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What is the relationship between .NET and LLVM? Can anyone please explain?

• detaro 5y ago
  They don't really have anything to do with each other. (There was a project for a LLVM-based compiler for the .NET ecosystem, but as far as I know that never went anywhere)
  • amir734jj 5y ago
    Yes. Because dotnet is inherently JIT (e.g. linq expression tree and runtime code weaving and etc.) and you can't do that with llvm. So it was a dead end effort.
    • DeathArrow 5y ago
      Here's a tutorial for implementing JIT in llvm: https://llvm.org/docs/tutorial/BuildingAJIT1.html https://llvm.org/docs/tutorial/BuildingAJIT1.html Also, there was a plan to AOT compile .NET not only for WASM targets but also for console.
      • amir734jj 5y ago
        Learned something new. Thank you.
• amir734jj 5y ago
  None. LLVM is a compiler toolchain. Basically it takes care of the back-end of your compiler. .NET is a framework (native libraries + CLR) usually associated with C# ecosystem.
• wiso 5y ago
  it's used in https://dotnet.microsoft.com/apps/aspnet/web-apps/blazor https://dotnet.microsoft.com/apps/aspnet/web-apps/blazor and Blazor is part of the .NET developer platform
  • tompazourek 5y ago
    I forgot about Blazor and all that WebAssembly stuff... Thank you, I think this is why open-dotnet maintains a fork of LLVM.