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0 pointsConst-me5y ago0 comments

Processors need addresses of things. Look at the following code https://godbolt.org/z/PYEqKn note the function uses another symbol, “func.counter”.

Shared libraries include relocation tables https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Relocation_%28computing%29 with all code locations which needs patching. That’s how the OSes can load them into arbitrary locations in memory and the code will still work.

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jcelerier5y ago

... yes ? https://github.com/weliveindetail/JitFromScratch

Const-meOP5y ago

Interesting, I didn’t know llvm is that flexible.

Still, LLVM is a huge dependency to redistribute. And probably has many points of failure. For instance, I expect you gonna need to watch for INCLUDE and PATH environment variables when using that thing.

In .NET everything is in the standard library. The generated code is even platform-independent, for no additional overhead. Here’s couple non-trivial examples: https://github.com/Const-me/ComLightInterop/blob/master/ComL... https://github.com/Const-me/ComLightInterop/blob/master/ComL...

SubjectToChange5y ago

> Still, LLVM is a huge dependency to redistribute.

But .NET isn't?

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