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Re:CodeGen: LLVM wrapper for just-in-time code generation an... by saagarjha on Sunday May 19, 2019 @07:27PM (#19956250)
Cling takes C++ and interprets it like a REPL would. CodeGen is a JIT compiler that takes what's essentially an IR and uses LLVM to generate assembly from it.
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Re:CodeGen: LLVM wrapper for just-in-time code generation an... by rurban on Monday May 20, 2019 @01:54AM (#19957851)
cling got a C++ jit via LLVM lately. When you add or change a function, it's jitted.
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Re:CodeGen: LLVM wrapper for just-in-time code generation an... by saagarjha on Monday May 20, 2019 @02:01AM (#19957867)
I think it always had a JIT?
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