Hecate Compiler

Instructions LLVM 15

1. Download LLVM 15

   • Download from LLVM official repo
     • github release
     • llvm download page
   • Prebuilt binaries for windows
     • https://github.com/mun-lang/llvm-package-windows/releases/tag/v16.0.5
       • -md.7z stands for dynamic and -mt.7z stands for static
       • available with msvc16 and msvc17
       • which of the 2x2 combnations work may be highly dependant on setup, llvm-15.0.6-windows-x64-msvc16-mt.7z has proven to be working so far

2. Set environment variable LLVM_150_PREFIX=/path/to/llvm/root

Sturcture

• [hecate_lexer]
  • Input -> Token
• [hecate_parser]
  • Token -> AST
• [hecate_resolver]
  • AST -> AST (low level)
• [hecate_ir_gen]
  • AST -> IR
• [hecate_llvm_gen]
  • IR -> LLVM_IR -> binary