Thursday, May 19, 2005

LLVM version 1.5 has been released. LLVM is a 'Low Level Virtual Machine' that can be used for a programming language implementation. This release adds several new major features to the LLVM compiler, allows it to be used in domains where it couldn't before (e.g. for functional languages), supports new targets, generates faster code, and is mucheasier to port to a new target than before. 9:59:27 AM

I played around with doing some development on the Nintendo DS handheld gaming system last night. I wrote a document describing what equipment I needed and how to get the compiled applications onto the device: Homebrew Nintendo DS Development Part 1. Now all I need is a Factor, Lisp, Scheme or Smalltalk environment on it... 8:04:48 AM