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Oh, right! That makes more sense. So you have to specify the backend when you start the process? I didn't know LLVM did that.
by phaemon 13y ago
Oh, right! That makes more sense. So you have to specify the backend when you start the process? I didn't know LLVM did that.
- azakai 13y agoYes, the frontend very much knows what target you are aiming for. It greatly affects the IR that is generated. And once you generate that IR, you can't just built it to an arbitrary target, it must be the one it was generated for.