Package: llvm-2.9 (2.9+dfsg-7)

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Low-Level Virtual Machine (LLVM)

The Low-Level Virtual Machine (LLVM) is a collection of libraries and tools that make it easy to build compilers, optimizers, Just-In-Time code generators, and many other compiler-related programs. LLVM uses a single, language-independent virtual instruction set both as an offline code representation (to communicate code between compiler phases and to run-time systems) and as the compiler internal representation (to analyze and transform programs). This persistent code representation allows a common set of sophisticated compiler techniques to be applied at compile-time, link-time, install-time, run-time, or "idle-time" (between program runs).

The strengths of the LLVM infrastructure are its extremely simple design (which makes it easy to understand and use), source-language independence, powerful mid-level optimizer, automated compiler debugging support, extensibility, and its stability and reliability. LLVM is currently being used to host a wide variety of academic research projects and commercial projects. LLVM includes C and C++ front-ends, a front-end for a Forth-like language (Stacker), a young scheme front-end, and Java support is in development. LLVM can generate code for X86, SparcV9, PowerPC, or it can emit C code.

LLVM is the key component of the clang compiler and the gcc plugin called dragonegg.

Other Packages Related to llvm-2.9

• dep: libc6 (>= 2.4)

  Embedded GNU C Library: Shared libraries
  also a virtual package provided by libc6-udeb

• dep: libffi5 (>= 3.0.4)

  Foreign Function Interface library runtime

• dep: libgcc1 (>= 1:4.3)

  GCC support bibliotheek

• dep: libllvm2.9

  Low-Level Virtual Machine (LLVM), runtime library

• dep: libstdc++6 (>= 4.2.1)

  GNU Standard C++ Library v3

• dep: llvm-2.9-runtime (= 2.9+dfsg-7)

  Low-Level Virtual Machine (LLVM), bytecode interpreter

• rec: llvm-2.9-dev

  Low-Level Virtual Machine (LLVM), libraries and headers

• sug: llvm-2.9-doc

  Low-Level Virtual Machine (LLVM), documentation

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