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    2 years ago

    LLVM supports fewer target machines than GCC

    https://gcc.gnu.org/backends.html has a big table

               |      Characteristics
    Target     | HMSLQNFICBD lqrpbfmgiates
    -----------+--------------------------
    aarch64    |     Q        q  b  gia  s
    alpha      |  ?  Q   C    q    mgi  e
    arc        |          B      b  gia
    arm        |                 b   ia  s
    avr        |    L  FI    l  p   g
    bfin       |       F            gi
    c6x        |   S     CB         gi
    cr16       |    L  F C          g    s
    cris       |       F  B         gi   s
    csky       |                 b   ia
    epiphany   |         C          gi   s
    fr30       | ??    FI B     pb mg    s
    frv        | ??       B      b   i   s
    gcn        |   S     C D  q       a e
    h8300      |       FI B         g    s
    i386       |     Q        q  b   ia
    ia64       |   ? Q   C    qr b m i
    iq2000     | ???   FICB      b  g  t
    lm32       |       F            g
    m32c       |    L  FI    l   b  g    s
    m32r       |       FI        b       s
    m68k       |                pb   i
    mcore      |  ?    FI       pb mg    s
    mep        |       F C       b  g  t s
    microblaze |         CB          i   s
    mips       |     Q   CB   qr     ia  s
    mmix       | HM  Q   C    q      i  e
    mn10300    | ??                 gi   s
    moxie      |       F            g  t s
    msp430     |    L  FI    l   b  g    s
    nds32      |       F C           ia  s
    nios2      |         C           ia
    nvptx      |   S Q   C    q    mg   e
    pa         |     Q   CBD  qr b   i  e
    pdp11      |    L   IC    qr b      e
    pru        |    L  F              a  s
    riscv      |     Q   C    qr    gia
    rl78       |    L  F     l      g    s
    rs6000     |     Q   C    qrpb   ia
    rx         |                         s
    s390       |     Q        qr    gia e
    sh         |     Q   CB   qrp    i
    sparc      |     Q   CB   qr b   ia
    stormy16   | ???L  FIC D l   b   i
    tilegx     |     Q   C    q     gi  e
    tilepro    |   S   F C          gi  e
    v850       |                    g a  s
    vax        |  M     I        b   i  e
    visium     |          B         g  t s
    xtensa     |         C
    

    https://www.llvm.org/Features.html

    An easily retargettable code generator, which currently supports X86, X86-64, PowerPC, PowerPC-64, ARM, Thumb, SPARC, Alpha, CellSPU, MIPS, MSP430, SystemZ, WebAssembly and XCore.