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  42 <div class="doc_section"><a name="llvmdesign">LLVM Design &amp; Overview</a></div>
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  45 <ul>
  46 <li><a href="LangRef.html">LLVM Language Reference Manual</a> - Defines the LLVM
  47 intermediate representation.</li>
  48 <li><a href="http://llvm.org/pubs/2008-10-04-ACAT-LLVM-Intro.html">Introduction to the LLVM Compiler </a> - Presentation describing LLVM.</li>
  49 <li><a href="http://llvm.org/pubs/2004-09-22-LCPCLLVMTutorial.html">The LLVM Compiler Framework and
  50 Infrastructure Tutorial</a> - Tutorial for writing passes, exploring the system.</li>
  51 <li><a href="http://llvm.org/pubs/2004-01-30-CGO-LLVM.html">LLVM: A Compilation Framework for
  52 Lifelong Program Analysis &amp; Transformation</a> - Design overview.</li>
  53 <li><a href="http://llvm.org/pubs/2002-12-LattnerMSThesis.html">LLVM: An Infrastructure for
  54 Multi-Stage Optimization</a> - More details (quite old now).</li>
  55 <li><a href="GetElementPtr.html">GetElementPtr FAQ</a> - Answers to some very
  56 frequent questions about LLVM's most frequently misunderstood instruction.</li>
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  60 <div class="doc_section"><a name="userguide">LLVM User Guides</a></div>
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  64 <li><a href="GettingStarted.html">The LLVM Getting Started Guide</a> -
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  66 Everything from unpacking and compilation of the distribution to execution of
  67 some tools.</li>
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  69 <li><a href="GettingStartedVS.html">Getting Started with the LLVM System using
  70 Microsoft Visual Studio</a> - An addendum to the main Getting Started guide for
  71 those using Visual Studio on Windows.</li>
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  74 LLVM for a custom language, and the facilities LLVM offers in tutorial form.</li>
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 134 <div class="doc_section"><a name="llvmprog">General LLVM Programming Documentation</a></div>
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 138 <li><a href="LangRef.html">LLVM Language Reference Manual</a> - Defines the LLVM
 139 intermediate representation and the assembly form of the different nodes.</li>
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 141 <li><a href="ProgrammersManual.html">The LLVM Programmers Manual</a> -
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 204 analyses.</li>
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 207 LLVM</a> - The interfaces source-language compilers should use for compiling
 208 GC'd programs.</li>
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 211 LLVM</a> - This document describes the design and philosophy behind the LLVM
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 233 the LLVM System Library (<tt>lib/System</tt>) and how to keep LLVM source code
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 244 JITed code with GDB.</li>
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