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Re:What Challenges and Trade-Offs Do Optimising Compilers Face? by DerSaidin on Thursday June 22, 2017 @06:40PM (#14615869)
For a human reading LLVM IR, it hasn't changed much between versions since at least 2.6.
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Re:What Challenges and Trade-Offs Do Optimising Compilers Face? by ChickeNES on Thursday June 22, 2017 @08:28PM (#14616317)
The problem is that there's no guarantee of stability in the IR, so either your stuck pinned to an old version of LLVM, or scrambling to keep up with each breaking change.
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