Possible alternative compiler backend: Cretonne
Hi everyone, So I’ve been having some interesting conversations with @sunfishcode, and I wanted to talk about an idea that he floated to me and try to get some feedback. The idea is to add an alternate backend to LLVM based on Cretonne. Cretonne is a compiler IR, similar to LLVM, being implemented (in Rust!) for use with WASM. It is intended for use in SpiderMonkey, Mozilla’s JS engine. The idea is that if you load WASM, it will be converted to Cretonne and optimized – similarly, when executing...
