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For my language, instead of targeting LLVM, I targeted C. That made me take off fast, because everything in C is available from day 1. What I did is build an extra layer over C to make it behave more like a scripting language.

Used it for my website.

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I chose LLVM from the start since I knew some of the challenges that interested me couldn't be done at the C level -- or rather it'd be more complicated at that level than at the LLVM level.

Which challenges? As far as I can see, LLVM is essentially C in SSA syntax; what semantic differences have you come across?

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