On Sun, May 10, 2009 at 7:50 AM, Jon Harrop <jon@ffconsultancy.com> wrote:
> On Sunday 10 May 2009 03:16:49 Seo Sanghyeon wrote:
>> 2009/5/10 Goswin von Brederlow <goswin-v-b@web.de>:
>> > Having ocaml require SSE2 is quite unacceptable for someone with a Via
>> > C7 cpu (they don't have SSE2, right?) Is it really that much work for
>> > ocaml to use option 3?
>>
>> Maybe not, but don't underestimate tiny inconveniences! Even if it is
>> tiny more work to support x87, it could be a difference of doing it and
>> not doing it.
>> http://lesswrong.com/lw/f1/beware_trivial_inconveniences/
>
> If you want to avoid inconvenience, why not use LLVM to replace several of the
> existing backends?

I think it would be the major code rewrite (if ever possible). Merging
SSE2 from amd64 into i386 code generator took about a day of my
efforts. How much time LLVM integration would require? If it is that
simple can you provide a proof-of-the-concept implementation?

- Dmitry Bely