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[BCS]

Hello Robert,

> On Mon, 21 Jun 2010 23:55:48 -0400, BCS <none at anon.com> wrote:
> 
>> Hello Leandro,
>> 
>>> Nick Sabalausky, el 21 de junio a las 13:40 me escribiste:
>>> 
>>>> "Eldar Insafutdinov" <e.insafutdinov at gmail.com> wrote in message
>>>> news:hvo49k$1uk3$1 at digitalmars.com...
>>>> 
>>>>> In the end, Windows is the most popular
>>>>> OS despite our personal preferences, and it's worth spending some
>>>>> time for
>>>>> it.
>>>> I wish someone could convince LLVM of that...
>>>> 
>>> Maybe it should be the other way around. Someone who cares about
>>> Windows should give some love to LLVM =)
>>> 
>> How hard are the problems? I have zero experience in LLVM and very
>> little in compiler work but if the problems could be attacked without
>> to  much ramp-up I'd be interested in looking into them.
>> 
> The main issue (as I understand it) is adding windows style structured
> exception handling to LLVM.
> 

After a little digging it seems that LLVM legally CAN'T add SEH as MS has 
it under patent. I'm still digging to figure out how it could be patented 
without making SEH an irrelevant technology.

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