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Learn LLVM 12

You're reading from Learn LLVM 12 A beginner's guide to learning LLVM compiler tools and core libraries with C++

Product type Paperback

Published in May 2021

Publisher Packt

ISBN-13 9781839213502

Length 392 pages

Edition 1st Edition

Languages

C++

Tools

LLVM

Concepts

Build Automation

Author (1):

Kai Nacke

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Table of Contents (17) Chapters

Preface

1. Section 1 – The Basics of Compiler Construction with LLVM

2. Chapter 1: Installing LLVM FREE CHAPTER

3. Chapter 2: Touring the LLVM Source

4. Chapter 3: The Structure of a Compiler

5. Section 2 – From Source to Machine Code Generation

6. Chapter 4: Turning the Source File into an Abstract Syntax Tree

7. Chapter 5: Basics of IR Code Generation

8. Chapter 6: IR Generation for High-Level Language Constructs

9. Chapter 7: Advanced IR Generation

10. Chapter 8: Optimizing IR

11. Section 3 –Taking LLVM to the Next Level

12. Chapter 9: Instruction Selection

13. Chapter 10: JIT Compilation

14. Chapter 11: Debugging Using LLVM Tools

15. Chapter 12: Create Your Own Backend

16. Other Books You May Enjoy

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Authors (1)

Kai Nacke

Kai Nacke

Kai Nacke is a professional IT architect currently residing in Toronto, Canada. He holds a diploma in computer science from the Technical University of Dortmund, Germany. and his diploma thesis on universal hash functions was recognized as the best of the semester. With over 20 years of experience in the IT industry, Kai has extensive expertise in the development and architecture of business and enterprise applications. In his current role, he evolves an LLVM/clang-based compiler. For several years, Kai served as the maintainer of LDC, the LLVM-based D compiler. He is the author of D Web Development and Learn LLVM 12, both published by Packt. In the past, he was a speaker in the LLVM developer room at the Free and Open Source Software Developers' European Meeting (FOSDEM).

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