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FOSDEM PWA

Cross-platform JIT compilers with GNU Lightning

K.3.201 | Day 1 | 18:45 - 19:00 | Speakers: Paul Cercueil

Cross-platform JIT compilers with GNU Lightning
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Abstract

Writing a Just-In-Time (JIT) compiler is a complex task. For that reason, libraries like libgccjit were developed to ease the process; but most often than not, JIT compilers are written from scratch, and only target one or two architectures.

In this talk I am going to present GNU Lightning, a cross-platform library that can be used to generate machine code at run-time. I will present its strengths and weaknesses, how to use it, and why I decided to use it in my JIT compiler project.

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Paul Cercueil
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