LLVM Back End for MoonBit (opens in new tab)

MoonBit supports the LLVM backend. With this, it achieved 8× Java’s performance in FFT and introduced out-of-the-box debugging with DWARF symbol injection, enabling precise source mapping directly to compiled outputs.

MoonBit will soon compile directly to native binary files without relying on a C compiler. This eliminates various compatibility issues associated with C compilers.

I assume there was a C backend before — some numbers comparing that and the wasm backend with LLVM would’ve been helpful."

It's great to see MoonBit adopt llvm, but is it relying on a c compiler or independent?

Wonder how the LLVM backend affects compile times. Anyone tried it yet?

How does MoonBit’s LLVM backend compare to Zig or Rust?