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  38 <div class="doc_section"><a name="llvmdesign">LLVM Design &amp; Overview</a></div>
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  41 <ul>
  42 <li><a href="LangRef.html">LLVM Language Reference Manual</a> - Defines the LLVM
  43 intermediate representation.</li>
  44 <li><a href="http://llvm.org/pubs/2008-10-04-ACAT-LLVM-Intro.html">Introduction to the LLVM Compiler </a> - Presentation describing LLVM.</li>
  45 <li><a href="http://llvm.org/pubs/2004-09-22-LCPCLLVMTutorial.html">The LLVM Compiler Framework and
  46 Infrastructure Tutorial</a> - Tutorial for writing passes, exploring the system.</li>
  47 <li><a href="http://llvm.org/pubs/2004-01-30-CGO-LLVM.html">LLVM: A Compilation Framework for
  48 Lifelong Program Analysis &amp; Transformation</a> - Design overview.</li>
  49 <li><a href="http://llvm.org/pubs/2002-12-LattnerMSThesis.html">LLVM: An Infrastructure for
  50 Multi-Stage Optimization</a> - More details (quite old now).</li>
  51 <li><a href="GetElementPtr.html">GetElementPtr FAQ</a> - Answers to some very
  52 frequent questions about LLVM's most frequently misunderstood instruction.</li>
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  56 <div class="doc_section"><a name="userguide">LLVM User Guides</a></div>
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  59 <ul>
  60 <li><a href="GettingStarted.html">The LLVM Getting Started Guide</a> -
  61 Discusses how to get up and running quickly with the LLVM infrastructure.
  62 Everything from unpacking and compilation of the distribution to execution of
  63 some tools.</li>
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  65 <li><a href="GettingStartedVS.html">Getting Started with the LLVM System using
  66 Microsoft Visual Studio</a> - An addendum to the main Getting Started guide for
  67 those using Visual Studio on Windows.</li>
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  69 <li><a href="tutorial/">LLVM Tutorial</a> - A walk through the process of using
  70 LLVM for a custom language, and the facilities LLVM offers in tutorial form.</li>
  71 <li><a href="DeveloperPolicy.html">Developer Policy</a> - The LLVM project's
  72 policy towards developers and their contributions.</li>
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  74 <li><a href="/docs/CommandGuide/index.html">LLVM Command Guide</a> - A reference
  75 manual for the LLVM command line utilities ("man" pages for LLVM tools).<br>
  76 Current tools:
  77  <a href="/cmds/llvm-ar.html">llvm-ar</a>,
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  97 <li><a href="Passes.html">LLVM's Analysis and Transform Passes</a> - A list of
  98 optimizations and analyses implemented in LLVM.</li>
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 101 questions and problems and their solutions.</li>
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 103 <li><a href="ReleaseNotes.html">Release notes for the current release</a>
 104 - This describes new features, known bugs, and other limitations.</li>
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 106 <li><a href="HowToSubmitABug.html">How to Submit A Bug Report</a> -
 107 Instructions for properly submitting information about any bugs you run into in
 108 the LLVM system.</li>
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 110 <li><a href="TestingGuide.html">LLVM Testing Infrastructure Guide</a> - A reference
 111 manual for using the LLVM testing infrastructure.</li>
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 113 <li><a href="GCCFEBuildInstrs.html">How to build the Ada/C/C++/Fortran front-ends</a> -
 114 Instructions for building gcc front-ends from source.</li>
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 116 <li><a href="Lexicon.html">The LLVM Lexicon</a> - Definition of acronyms, terms
 117 and concepts used in LLVM.</li>
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 128 <div class="doc_section"><a name="llvmprog">General LLVM Programming Documentation</a></div>
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 131 <ul>
 132 <li><a href="LangRef.html">LLVM Language Reference Manual</a> - Defines the LLVM
 133 intermediate representation and the assembly form of the different nodes.</li>
 134
 135 <li><a href="ProgrammersManual.html">The LLVM Programmers Manual</a> -
 136 Introduction to the general layout of the LLVM sourcebase, important classes
 137 and APIs, and some tips &amp; tricks.</li>
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 139 <li><a href="Projects.html">LLVM Project Guide</a> - How-to guide and
 140 templates for new projects that <em>use</em> the LLVM infrastructure.  The
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 142 code to be located outside (or inside) the <tt>llvm/</tt> tree, while using LLVM
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 151 <li><a href="CodingStandards.html">LLVM Coding standards</a> -
 152 Details the LLVM coding standards and provides useful information on writing
 153 efficient C++ code.</li>
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 155 <li><a href="ExtendingLLVM.html">Extending LLVM</a> - Look here to see how
 156 to add instructions and intrinsics to LLVM.</li>
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 158 <li><a href="UsingLibraries.html">Using LLVM Libraries</a> - Look here to
 159 understand how to use the libraries produced when LLVM is compiled.</li>
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 161 <li><a href="HowToReleaseLLVM.html">How To Release LLVM To The Public</a> - This
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 181 <li><a href="WritingAnLLVMPass.html">Writing an LLVM Pass</a> - Information
 182 on how to write LLVM transformations and analyses.</li>
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 185 on how to write LLVM backends for machine targets.</li>
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 187 <li><a href="CodeGenerator.html">The LLVM Target-Independent Code
 188 Generator</a> - The design and implementation of the LLVM code generator.
 189 Useful if you are working on retargetting LLVM to a new architecture, designing
 190 a new codegen pass, or enhancing existing components.</li>
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 192 <li><a href="TableGenFundamentals.html">TableGen Fundamentals</a> -
 193 Describes the TableGen tool, which is used heavily by the LLVM code
 194 generator.</li>
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 196 <li><a href="AliasAnalysis.html">Alias Analysis in LLVM</a> - Information
 197 on how to write a new alias analysis implementation or how to use existing
 198 analyses.</li>
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 200 <li><a href="GarbageCollection.html">Accurate Garbage Collection with
 201 LLVM</a> - The interfaces source-language compilers should use for compiling
 202 GC'd programs.</li>
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 205 LLVM</a> - This document describes the design and philosophy behind the LLVM
 206 source-level debugger.</li>
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 209 - This document describes the design and implementation of exception handling
 210 in LLVM.</li>
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 212 <li><a href="Bugpoint.html">Bugpoint</a> - automatic bug finder and test-case
 213 reducer description and usage information.</li>
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 216 - This document is a tutorial introduction to the usage and
 217 configuration of the LLVM compiler driver tool, <tt>llvmc</tt>.</li>
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 221 of <tt>llvmc</tt> in more detail.</li>
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 224 the file format and encoding used for LLVM "bc" files.</li>
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 227 the LLVM System Library (<tt>lib/System</tt>) and how to keep LLVM source code
 228 portable</li>
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 230 <li><a href="LinkTimeOptimization.html">Link Time Optimization</a> - This
 231 document describes the interface between LLVM intermodular optimizer and
 232 the linker and its design</li>
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 234 <li><a href="GoldPlugin.html">The LLVM gold plugin</a> - How to build your
 235 programs with link-time optimization on Linux.</li>
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 240 <div class="doc_section"><a name="maillist">LLVM Mailing Lists</a></div>
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 244 <li>The <a href="http://lists.cs.uiuc.edu/mailman/listinfo/llvm-announce">
 245 LLVM Announcements List</a>: This is a low volume list that provides important
 246 announcements regarding LLVM.  It gets email about once a month.</li>
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 248 <li>The <a href="http://lists.cs.uiuc.edu/mailman/listinfo/llvmdev">Developer's
 249 List</a>: This list is for people who want to be included in technical
 250 discussions of LLVM. People post to this list when they have questions about
 251 writing code for or using the LLVM tools. It is relatively low volume.</li>
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 254 Patches Archive</a>: This list gets emailed every time a bug is opened and
 255 closed, and when people submit patches to be included in LLVM.  It is higher
 256 volume than the LLVMdev list.</li>
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 259 Archive</a>: This list contains all commit messages that are made when LLVM
 260 developers commit code changes to the repository. It is useful for those who
 261 want to stay on the bleeding edge of LLVM development. This list is very high
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 265 Test Results Archive</a>: A message is automatically sent to this list by every
 266 active nightly tester when it completes.  As such, this list gets email several
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