2007 LLVM Developer's Meeting

- Discussion about Clang at the 2007 LLVM Developer's Meeting. -

About:

In this video, Steve Naroff introduces the Clang project and talks about some of the goals and motivations for starting the project. -

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Details: New LLVM C Front-end - This talk describes a new from-scratch C frontend (which is aiming to support Objective C and C++ someday) for LLVM, built as a native part of the LLVM system and in the LLVM design style. -

The Presentation:

You can download a copy of the presentation in mov format. However, due to the picture quality, it is recommended that you also download the lecture slides for viewing while you watch the video. -

Video (mov file) -
Lecture slides (PDF) -

LLVM 2.0 and Beyond!

- A Google Techtalk by Chris Lattner -

About:

In this video, Chris Lattner talks about some of the features of Clang, especially in regards to performance. -

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Details: The LLVM 2.0 release brings a number of new features and capabilities to the LLVM toolset. This talk briefly describes those features, then moves on to talk about what is next: llvm 2.1, llvm-gcc 4.2, and puts a special emphasis on the 'clang' C front-end. This describes how the 'clang' preprocessor can be used to improve the scalability of distcc by up to 4.4x. -

The Presentation:

You can view the presentation through google video. In addition, the slides from the presentation are also available, if you wish to retain a copy. -

Google Tech Talk Video (19:00-) (Note: the Clang lecture starts at 19 minutes into the video.) -
LLVM 2.0 and Beyond! slides (PDF) -

Publishing Information:

- "LLVM 2.0 and Beyond!", Chris Lattner,
- Google Tech Talk, Mountain View, CA, July 2007. -