Like Per says, if you want to compile Clojure to LLVM code that's probably a huge project, have you looked at VMKit? I think that's a JVM/CLR implementation based on LLVM, perhaps it could run Clojure?
If you just want to use LLVM from Clojure however, you can use my C FFI clj-native with the C interface for LLVM. I actually made it because I wanted to play around with LLVM but I never got around to actually doing that again once I had a working version of clj-native. It would be very interesting to see if clj-native is suitable for the task. http://github.com/bagucode/clj-native /Markus On 24 mar, 05:56, Per Vognsen <per.vogn...@gmail.com> wrote: > Clojure depends on aggressive dynamic optimization for performance. > It's a very different set of techniques than what is used in the > ahead-of-time static compilation world from which LLVM hails. The > Google guys working on Unladen Swallow seem to have had enough > problems getting it to work well even as a basic JIT code generator; > the layers of abstraction make it very slow. There's a good reason V8 > is using unlayered, direct code generation. > > In my judgement it would be a multi-year project for an experienced > specialist in the field. Mike Pall took several years to do just the > x86 version of LuaJIT 2.0, but he had already done LuaJIT 1.0, and he > is arguably one of the world's top experts in this area. > > Besides, one of the Clojure's main raisons d'etre is the vast pool of > existing libraries in the JVM (and now CLR) world to draw from. > > -Per > > > > On Wed, Mar 24, 2010 at 11:42 AM, Antony Blakey <antony.bla...@gmail.com> > wrote: > > Has anyone looked at driving LLVM from Clojure and then doing code > > generation to LLVM? I've had some experience doing it in a JIT context for > > VisualWorks Smalltalk, but I'd rather not reinvent the wheel. I'd love to > > be able to use Clojure on the iPad. > > > Antony Blakey > > ------------- > > CTO, Linkuistics Pty Ltd > > Ph: 0438 840 787 > > > Did you hear about the Buddhist who refused Novocain during a root canal? > > His goal: transcend dental medication. > > > -- > > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google > > Groups "Clojure" group. > > To post to this group, send email to clojure@googlegroups.com > > Note that posts from new members are moderated - please be patient with > > your first post. > > To unsubscribe from this group, send email to > > clojure+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com > > For more options, visit this group at > >http://groups.google.com/group/clojure?hl=en > > > To unsubscribe from this group, send email to > > clojure+unsubscribegooglegroups.com or reply to this email with the words > > "REMOVE ME" as the subject. -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Clojure" group. To post to this group, send email to clojure@googlegroups.com Note that posts from new members are moderated - please be patient with your first post. To unsubscribe from this group, send email to clojure+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/clojure?hl=en To unsubscribe from this group, send email to clojure+unsubscribegooglegroups.com or reply to this email with the words "REMOVE ME" as the subject.
