LLVM is an open-source compiler infrastructure used in many commercial and academic projects . It is written in C++ and has a very modular design which allows all sorts of tools to be built on top of it: compilers, interpreters, static analyzers and so on.

We intend to introduce you to the world of compilers and related tools by using LLVM as a case study.

At the end of this workshop, you will know:

• How compilers in general work
• How to write compiler-based tools using LLVM's libraries
• What kind of optimizations to expect from a compiler
• How to write better C code

The phases of the compilation process

• Learn what steps the compiler takes in order to translate high level code into machine code

The general structure of LLVM

• See how LLVM is organized and why

Compiler-based tools

• Learn how to use various parts of LLVM in order to implement or support tools such as source-to-source translators or editors with syntax highlighting

C tips & tricks

• Look at what the compiler generates for various snippets of code and see how different constructs help or hinder the compiler

• Good knowledge of C/C++

Coming soon!

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E-mail: silviu.grigore@freescale.com