On 3 January 2014 12:37, Simon Peyton-Jones <[email protected]> wrote:
> * But using LLVM has some disadvantages. > c) we play some efficiency tricks (notably "tables next to code") that > LLVM can't play (yet). I think. In fact, this could well be implemented in the GHC 7.10, as this has been committed in LLVM on 15th September: http://www.haskell.org/pipermail/ghc-devs/2013-September/002565.html Implementing "tables next to code" in the LLVM IR generation may be something to get one's teeth into in time for 7.10 ? Carter: was this discussed further on #haskell-llvm ? -- Rob > | -----Original Message----- > | From: ghc-devs [mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf Of Karel > | Gardas > | Sent: 03 January 2014 11:24 > | To: Jens Petersen > | Cc: [email protected] > | Subject: Re: ticket for adding ARM backend to NCG? > | > | > | Guys, > | > | I've been tinkering with ARM NCG idea for quite some time now, but > | honestly I've been always in doubts if it's the best way for GHC at all. > | I've thought that the plan was to kind of move out of NCG to LLVM based > | backends and I've though that although this plan may be kind of stuck > | now, it's still on the table. > | > | Yes, I know that GHC is volunteering effort so if someone comes and asks > | for an ARM NCG implementation merge it'll be probably done in some time, > | but I'm not sure if it's what's the most welcome at the end. > | > | Just some of my doubts about it... > | > | I would really appreciate some authoritative word about the topic from > | more involved GHC developers... I mean especially about NCG future... > | > | Thanks! > | Karel > | > | On 01/ 3/14 09:35 AM, Jens Petersen wrote: > | > On 3 January 2014 03:10, Corey O'Connor <[email protected] > | > <mailto:[email protected]>> wrote: > | > > | > My interest is just to get involved somehow in the NCG. Starting a > | > new backend seemed reasonable only because I couldn't break > | > something that didn't exist. ;-) > | > > | > > | > Well a big +1 from me for armv7 NCG. > | > > | > > | > _______________________________________________ > | > ghc-devs mailing list > | > [email protected] > | > http://www.haskell.org/mailman/listinfo/ghc-devs > | > | _______________________________________________ > | ghc-devs mailing list > | [email protected] > | http://www.haskell.org/mailman/listinfo/ghc-devs > _______________________________________________ > ghc-devs mailing list > [email protected] > http://www.haskell.org/mailman/listinfo/ghc-devs _______________________________________________ ghc-devs mailing list [email protected] http://www.haskell.org/mailman/listinfo/ghc-devs
