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<div class="doc_section"><a name="llvmdesign">LLVM Design & Overview</a></div>
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<li><a href="LangRef.html">LLVM Language Reference Manual</a> - Defines the LLVM
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intermediate representation.</li>
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<li><a href="http://llvm.org/pubs/2008-10-04-ACAT-LLVM-Intro.html">Introduction to the LLVM Compiler </a> - Presentation describing LLVM.</li>
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<li><a href="http://llvm.org/pubs/2004-09-22-LCPCLLVMTutorial.html">The LLVM Compiler Framework and
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Infrastructure Tutorial</a> - Tutorial for writing passes, exploring the system.</li>
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<li><a href="http://llvm.org/pubs/2004-01-30-CGO-LLVM.html">LLVM: A Compilation Framework for
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Lifelong Program Analysis & Transformation</a> - Design overview.</li>
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<li><a href="http://llvm.org/pubs/2002-12-LattnerMSThesis.html">LLVM: An Infrastructure for
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Multi-Stage Optimization</a> - More details (quite old now).</li>
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<li><a href="GetElementPtr.html">GetElementPtr FAQ</a> - Answers to some very
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<li><a href="GettingStarted.html">The LLVM Getting Started Guide</a> -
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<li><a href="Passes.html">LLVM's Analysis and Transform Passes</a> - A list of
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the LLVM system.</li>
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<li><a href="TestingGuide.html">LLVM Testing Infrastructure Guide</a> - A reference
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manual for using the LLVM testing infrastructure.</li>
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<li><a href="GCCFEBuildInstrs.html">How to build the Ada/C/C++/Fortran front-ends</a> -
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generator.</li>
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<li><a href="AliasAnalysis.html">Alias Analysis in LLVM</a> - Information
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on how to write a new alias analysis implementation or how to use existing
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GC'd programs.</li>
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