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.. _design_and_overview:
LLVM Design & Overview
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LangRef
GetElementPtr
* :doc:`LangRef`
Defines the LLVM intermediate representation.
* `Introduction to the LLVM Compiler <http://llvm.org/pubs/2008-10-04-ACAT-LLVM-Intro.html>`_
Presentation providing a users introduction to LLVM.
* `Intro to LLVM <http://www.aosabook.org/en/llvm.html>`_
Book chapter providing a compiler hacker's introduction to LLVM.
* `LLVM: A Compilation Framework for Lifelong Program Analysis & Transformation
<http://llvm.org/pubs/2004-01-30-CGO-LLVM.html>`_
Design overview.
* `LLVM: An Infrastructure for Multi-Stage Optimization
<http://llvm.org/pubs/2002-12-LattnerMSThesis.html>`_
More details (quite old now).
* :ref:`gep`
Answers to some very frequent questions about LLVM's most frequently
misunderstood instruction.