LLVM IR influence on compiler debugging

[Andrei Alexandrescu]

On 7/7/12 8:29 PM, Adam Wilson wrote:
> Sure they complain, but they would complain harder if the generated code
> was sub-optimal or had bugs in it. And I imagine that multiple hour
> build times are more the exception than rule even in C++, my
> understanding is that all 50mloc of Windows can compile overnight using
> distributed compiling. Essentially, my argument is that for business
> compilation time is something that can be attacked with money, where
> code generation and perf bugs are not.

I'm sorry, but I think you got that precisely backwards.

Andrei