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So you have an idiosyncratic definition of compiler that no one else uses. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Compiler https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Compiler "In c
by jibal 1y ago
So you have an idiosyncratic definition of compiler that no one else uses.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Compiler https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Compiler
"In computing, a compiler is software that translates computer code written in one programming language (the source language) into another language (the target language)."
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/LLVM https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/LLVM
"LLVM, also called LLVM Core, is a target-independent optimizer and code generator.[5] It can be used to develop a frontend for any programming language and a backend for any instruction set architecture. LLVM is designed around a language-independent intermediate representation (IR) that serves as a portable, high-level assembly language that can be optimized with a variety of transformations over multiple passes.[6]""
As I correctly said, LLVM is not a compiler, it is a backend target of Rust, C++, etc. compilers. They read source language and generate backend output ... anything from assembly language to C++. Even when Nim uses the C++ backend, C++ is the backend target, even though the generated C++ is fed to a C++ compiler.
End of story and of my participation.
- ModernMech 1y ago> So you have an idiosyncratic definition of compiler that no one else uses. My definition is supported by your links, so I don't think it's idiosyncratic at all. > "In computing, a compiler is software that translates computer code written in one programming language (the source language) into another language (the target language)." That's exactly what I said: "My working definition is a compiler is a program that turns code from one form into another" > LLVM... is a target-independent optimizer and code generator. Code generators are a kind of compiler. The input language is IR, and the output language is machine code. Thus it fits the definition of a compiler you proffered. > As I correctly said, LLVM is not a compiler, it is a backend target of Rust, C++, etc. compilers. These things are not mutually exclusive. It can be a target of Rust, C++, etc., but that doesn't make it not a compiler. LLVM being a compiler is supported by both of your wiki links. Your first link lists LLVM under "Notable Compilers and Toolchains". In the second link in the LLVM infobox it reads "Type: Compiler". Nuff said.