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> Yes, which is why I wonder why GHC went with it's own code generator instead of using LLVM? LLVM didn't exist when GHC was started.

• thirsteh 13y ago
  It's pretty amazing: The initial release of GHC was in 1989.
• masklinn 13y ago
  Neither did the NCG though, I believe. And the NCG only finally overtook the C backend late in the 6.x cycle (6.8? 6.10?)