<p>There are many different projects that compose LLVM. The first is the LLVM
suite. This contains all of the tools, libraries, and header files needed to
- use the low level virtual machine. It contains an assembler, disassembler,
+ use LLVM. It contains an assembler, disassembler,
bitcode analyzer and bitcode optimizer. It also contains a test suite that can
be used to test the LLVM tools.</p>
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- <p>Any system that can adequately run Visual Studio .NET 2005 SP1 is fine.
- The LLVM source tree and object files, libraries and executables will consume
+ <p>Any system that can adequately run Visual Studio 2008 is fine. The LLVM
+ source tree and object files, libraries and executables will consume
approximately 3GB.</p>
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<h3><a name="software"><b>Software</b></a></h3>
<div>
- <p>You will need Visual Studio .NET 2005 SP1 or higher. The VS2005 SP1
- beta and the normal VS2005 still have bugs that are not completely
- compatible. Earlier versions of Visual Studio do not support the C++ standard
- well enough and will not work.</p>
+ <p>You will need Visual Studio 2008 or higher. Earlier versions of Visual
+ Studio have bugs, are not completely compatible, or do not support the C++
+ standard well enough.</p>
<p>You will also need the <a href="http://www.cmake.org/">CMake</a> build
system since it generates the project files you will use to build with.</p>