Fix link to llvmgcc.

[oota-llvm.git] / docs / LLVMVsTheWorld.html

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@@ -22,8 +22,8 @@
   <li><a href="#codeemission">Machine Code Emission</a></li>
 </ol>
 
-<div class="doc_text">    
-  <p><b>Written by Brian R. Gaeke</b></p>
+<div class="doc_author">
+  <p>Written by Brian R. Gaeke</p>
 </div>
 
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@@ -60,13 +60,13 @@ machine code to memory. Supports one backend at a time.</p>
 <p>LLVM: Supports compilation of C and C++ (with more languages coming soon),
 strong SSA-based optimization at compile-time, link-time, run-time, and
 off-line, and multiple platform backends with Just-in-Time and ahead-of-time
-compilation frameworks. (See our tech report on <a
-href="http://llvm.cs.uiuc.edu/pubs/2003-09-30-LifelongOptimizationTR.html">Lifelong
+compilation frameworks. (See our document on <a
+href="http://llvm.cs.uiuc.edu/pubs/2004-01-30-CGO-LLVM.html">Lifelong
 Code Optimization</a> for more.)</p>
 
 <p>GCC: Many relatively mature platform backends support assembly-language code
 generation from many source languages. No run-time compilation
-support. Relatively weak optimization support.</p>
+support.</p>
 </div>
 
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@@ -79,11 +79,13 @@ support. Relatively weak optimization support.</p>
 <p>GNU lightning: C integer types and "void *" are supported. No type checking
 is performed. Explicit type casts are not typically necessary unless the
 underlying machine-specific types are distinct (e.g., sign- or zero-extension is
-apparently necessary, but casting "int" to "void *" would not be.) No floating
-point (?!)</p>
+apparently necessary, but casting "int" to "void *" would not be.)
+Floating-point support may not work on all platforms (it does not appear to be
+documented in the latest release).</p>
 
 <p>LLVM: Compositional type system based on C types, supporting structures,
-opaque types, and C integer and floating point types.</p>
+opaque types, and C integer and floating point types. Explicit cast instructions
+are required to transform a value from one type to another.</p>
 
 <p>GCC: Union of high-level types including those used in Pascal, C, C++, Ada,
 Java, and FORTRAN.</p>