llvm dev - Jul 2015 - [LLVMdev] llvm books

Dear All,

Did anyone read these 2 books?

https://www.packtpub.com/application-development/llvm-cookbook

LLVM Cookbook | PACKT Books
Over 80 engaging recipes that will help you build a compiler frontend,
optimizer, and code generator using LLVM
Read
more...<https://www.packtpub.com/application-development/llvm-cookbook>




https://www.packtpub.com/application-development/getting-started-llvm-core-libraries

Getting Started with LLVM Core Libraries | PACKT Books
Get to grips with LLVM essentials and use the core libraries to build advanced
tools
Read
more...<https://www.packtpub.com/application-development/getting-started-llvm-core-libraries>

Are they are really useful?



Regards,
Marwa Yusuf
Teaching Assistant - Computer Engineering Department
Faculty of Engineering - Benha University
E-JUST PhD Student
Computer Science & Engineering Dept.
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Hi Marwa,

 

The second book is useful. I use it often.

The book is exactly what is written in its title: getting started. It give
basics of each major part of LLVM. After reading it you will be able to
build it from scratch. What is most important the book shows in details how
components of LLVM are built into a compiler toolchain: from front-end
(clang) to back-end (optimizer and code generation). It's demonstrated that
the LLVM framework is designed as a perfect modular system which allows
easily adapting it for the custom projects.

 

There is lack of details of LLVM structures, API and design decisions. I
guess they were limited by the size of the book and time.

 

Anyway this is a good book to quickly start digging into LLVM.

 

Kind regards,

Evgeny Astigeevich

 

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Subject: [LLVMdev] llvm books

 

Dear All,

Did anyone read these 2 books?

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LLVM Cookbook | PACKT Books

Over 80 engaging recipes that will help you build a compiler frontend,
optimizer, and code generator using LLVM

 
<https://urldefense.proofpoint.com/v2/url?u=https-3A__www.packtpub.com_appli
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Getting Started with LLVM Core Libraries | PACKT Books

Get to grips with LLVM essentials and use the core libraries to build
advanced tools

 
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Are they are really useful?

 

Regards,
Marwa Yusuf
Teaching Assistant - Computer Engineering Department
Faculty of Engineering - Benha University
E-JUST PhD Student
Computer Science & Engineering Dept.

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On 21 July 2015 at 14:27, Evgeny Astigeevich <evgeny.astigeevich at
arm.com>
wrote:
> The book is exactly what is written in its title: getting started. It give
> basics of each major part of LLVM. After reading it you will be able to
> build it from scratch. What is most important the book shows in details how
> components of LLVM are built into a compiler toolchain: from front-end
> (clang) to back-end (optimizer and code generation). It's demonstrated
that
> the LLVM framework is designed as a perfect modular system which allows
> easily adapting it for the custom projects.
>
This book also sucked a lot from the public documents, which is a shame.

There's also another one that I'd like to get my hands on out of
curiosity:

http://motipizza.com/catalog/impress-kitsune

cheers,
--renato
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