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cokernel_hacker
on Nov 1, 2015
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Swift Intermediate Language: LLVM conference slide...
A high-level IR implements the semantics that the programming language provides. You can only share it if the semantics are reasonably compatible.
This would be akin to asking why do we need a C++-specific AST and a Swift-specific AST.
chrisseaton
on Nov 1, 2015
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Right, but as I say RPython and Truffle manage without.
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This would be akin to asking why do we need a C++-specific AST and a Swift-specific AST.