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Yes, there is a fair bit of documentation. But it is nowhere near any popular general purposes language. Also, most documentation isn't very accessible if you're not a compiler developer already.

(Note: I'm the author of the post)



If someone wants to get started on building a LLVM backed language, I’d recommend go with the Kaleidoscope tutorial [0] if one is new to compilers.

0: https://llvm.org/docs/tutorial/LangImpl01.html




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