Building and Installing LLVM

See section docs/installing/README.md

Introduction to LLVM IR

See section docs/syntax/README.md

Related work

Arithmetic expressions to LLVM IR translator

These two repos are private. Students do not have access to them:

• A Translator from Simple Arithmetic Expressions to LLVM IR at https://github.com/ULL-ESIT-PL/calc2llvmIR/ .
• PL 25/26 Solution to the Competential Labs at Dragon has an example of translators to LLVM IR in branches LLVM*. (private repo, students do not have access to it).

The Complect project

See section docs/related-work/complect.md

The llvm-bindings package

See section docs/bindings-for-js/llvm-bindings.md

References

• LLVM IR Tutorial - Phis, GEPs and other things, oh my! By Vince Bridgers (Intel Corporation), Felipe de Azevedo Piovezan (Intel Corporation). Youtube.
  • Slides
• 2019 LLVM Developers’ Meeting: J. Paquette & F. Hahn “Getting Started With LLVM: Basics” Youtube
  • Compiler Explorer
  • Compiler Explorer (part 1 of 2) by Mat Godbolt
  • Compiler Explorer | Introduction to Common Compiler Tools #4 by LLVM Social Bangalore
• My First Language Frontend with LLVM Tutorial. This tutorial at llvm.org assumes you know C++
  • Code at llvm/examples/Kaleidoscope/
  • fanyi-zhao/Kaleidoscope repo at GitHub
• Mapping High-Level Constructs to LLVM IR by Michael Rodler and Mikael Egevig. This is a gitbook dedicated to providing a description on how LLVM based compilers map high-level language constructs into the LLVM intermediate representation (IR).
• LLVM Language Reference Manual
• What Is LLVM? by CompilersLaboratory.Fernando Pereira. Youtube.
• See the list of LLVM videos by Dmitry Soshnikov at https://www.youtube.com/@DmitrySoshnikov-education/search?query=LLVM
  • Watch "Programming Language with LLVM [1/20] Introduction to LLVM IR and tools" by Dmitry Soshnikov at https://youtu.be/Lvc8qx8ukOI?si=u-toTGVKTV7sHguw
• Jarrod Connolly, (Kabam Games Inc) at OpenJS World 2022 "Writing a Compiler in Node.js using Streams"
  • Github Complect
  • Slides
  • Video
• An introduction to LLVM IR: https://youtu.be/CDKuH7SIgdM?si=kDHsuQsNNXo6uDJW by revng 2025. Alessandro di Federico. Youtube.

Background resources. Previous Knowledge you need.

• CppInsights
  • C++ Insights at YouTube: Hello, C++ Insights. A web sit that shows C++ source‑to‑source transformations,
• x86 vs ARM difference explained for Beginners Youtube video. The differences between CISC and RISC and how these design philosophies influence power consumption, performance capabilities, and software compatibility.
• Todas las Arquitecturas de CPU Explicadas. Youtube video. Desglosa las principales arquitecturas desde los modelos de Von Neumann y Harvard, hasta CISC vs RISC, EPIC (Itanium), procesadores superescalares, CPU multinúcleo y many-core, y arquitecturas híbridas como ARM big.LITTLE y Apple Silicon.
• Visualised guide to memory management in JavaScript. Youtube video. By Kateryna Porshnieva in JSHeroes 2023 conference. A comprehensive guide from hardware implementation to the inner workings of V8. Cover the basics of memory implementation in the computer and operating system,the challenges of managing memory in a dynamically-typed language diving into the intricacies of V8 implementation, including heap organization and garbage collection.