compiler discussion

[Steve Kargl]

On Fri, Nov 13, 2009 at 09:00:33AM +0100, Roman Divacky wrote:
> On Thu, Nov 12, 2009 at 07:34:07AM -0800, Steve Kargl wrote:
> > 
> > Last time I checked, Fortran in llvm was based off a very old
> > gfortran.  The llvm website mentions gcc 4.2.?.  While the 4.2.?
> > gfortran isn't too bad, you most certainly would rather use gcc44
> > if you can.  Literally, hundreds of bugs and several new feature
> > have been add to gfortran in going from 4.2.? to gcc 4.4.2.
> 
> you can use dragonegg gcc plugin which uses gcc frontend (for any
> language) and uses llvm backed to generate the code:
> 
> 	http://dragonegg.llvm.org/

OP is interested in ia64.  It appears that dragonegg is ia32
and amd64 only.  Additionally, dragonegg is a gcc plugin.  OP
can't get gcc to build, so the plugin would be of no use.

However, this does look like an interesting project.

-- 
Steve