[webkit-dev] Some text about the B3 compiler

[Filip Pizło]

Context: https://trac.webkit.org/wiki/b3Discussion2015

I plan to write more on this topic soon. 

-Filip

> On Jan 28, 2016, at 11:12 PM, Stéphane Letz <letz at grame.fr> wrote:
> 
> Maybe a stupid question, but what is a the rationale for this new backend? (I was thinking LLVM JIT was used instead to produce machine code….)
> 
> Thanks.
> 
> Stéphane Letz
> 
>> Le 29 janv. 2016 à 01:23, Filip Pizlo <fpizlo at apple.com> a écrit :
>> 
>> Hi everyone,
>> 
>> We’ve been working on a new compiler backend for the FTL JIT, which we call B3.  It stands for “Bare Bones Backend”.  We recently enabled it on X86/Mac, and we’re working hard to enable it on other platforms.
>> 
>> If you’re interested in how it works, I’ve started writing documentation.  I’ll be adding more to it soon!
>> https://trac.webkit.org/wiki/BareBonesBackend
>> https://trac.webkit.org/wiki/B3IntermediateRepresentation
>> 
>> -Filip
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