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To clarify, is there any plan to develop a pure-Zig backend, so people who want to escape from LLVM can use that backend for compiling Zig code instead?
by logicchains 5y ago
To clarify, is there any plan to develop a pure-Zig backend, so people who want to escape from LLVM can use that backend for compiling Zig code instead?
- AndyKelley 5y agoYes. If you look at the infographic here: https://ziglang.org/download/0.9.0/release-notes.html#Self-Hosted-Compiler https://ziglang.org/download/0.9.0/release-notes.html#Self-H... Notice the bubble that says "LLVM Codegen" (44% done). This is the LLVM backend. All the other bubbles do not depend on LLVM at all. I suggest to check back in with the next release of Zig and see where we are at. I suspect we will have at least the x86 backend fully operational by then.