Relevant to the discussion about targeting LLVM vs. C in another thread (https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=6096965 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=60969

Relevant to the discussion about targeting LLVM vs. C in another thread (https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=6096965 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=6096965), Section 2 says they compile via C, but through an intermediate language, Pillar, that adds support for second-class continuations, precise garbage collection, and a few other things. Here's an older paper on Pillar: http://www.leafpetersen.com/leaf/publications/lcpc2007/pillar-lcpc.pdf http://www.leafpetersen.com/leaf/publications/lcpc2007/pilla...