[sldev] LLVM?

[Argent Stonecutter]

On 31-Oct-2007, at 11:04, SL - Farallon Greyskin wrote:
> One of the things I like about the idea of using mono is that there  
> is the /possibility/ of being able to use a real programming  
> language for "scripting" in SL. I have NO idea if LL ever plans to  
> allow that, but I sure like that glimmer of hope that it provides...

LLVM definitely allows for that. There are LLVM front ends for a  
number of languages including C, C++, and Objective C (all based on  
GCC currently... their native compilers are still under development),  
scheme (that should handle any data and control structures you could  
possibly envision), as well as things like OpenGL. Apple and Adobe  
are both using it to generate code that can be run on either the CPU  
or GPU by using different JIT back ends.