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@@ -148,7 +148,7 @@ than the caller, etc. The only case not supported are varargs calls, but that 
could be added if desired.

</p>



<p>In order for a front-end to get a guaranteed tail call, it must mark

<p>To ensure a call is interpreted as a tail call, a front-end must mark

functions as "fastcc", mark calls with the 'tail' marker, and follow the call

with a return of the called value (or void).  The optimizer and code generator

attempt to handle more general cases, but the simple case will always work if
@@ -217,7 +217,7 @@ multiple of 8 bytes in size. 
      hitting swap during optimized builds</a>.</li>

  <li>The <a href="http://llvm.cs.uiuc.edu/ProjectsWithLLVM/#llvmtv">LLVM

      Transformation Visualizer</a> (llvm-tv) project has been updated to

      work with LLVM CVS.</li>

      work with LLVM 1.5.</li>

  <li>Nightly tester output is now archived on the <a

      href="http://mail.cs.uiuc.edu/pipermail/llvm-testresults/">

      llvm-testresults</a> mailing list.</li>
@@ -243,7 +243,7 @@ only accessed in main to SSA registers.</li> 


<li>Loops with trip counts based on array pointer comparisons (e.g. "<tt>for (i

= 0; &amp;A[i] != &amp;A[n]; ++i) ...</tt>") are optimized better than before,

which primarily helps iterator-intensive C++ codes.</li>

which primarily helps iterator-intensive C++ code.</li>



<li>The optimizer now eliminates simple cases where redundant conditions exist

    between neighboring blocks.</li>
@@ -353,8 +353,8 @@ things), is more aggressive and intelligent.</li> 
<p>LLVM is known to work on the following platforms:</p>



<ul>

<li>Intel and AMD machines running Red Hat Linux and FreeBSD (and probably 

    other unix-like systems).</li>

  <li>Intel and AMD machines running Red Hat Linux, Fedora Core and FreeBSD 

      (and probably other unix-like systems).</li>

<li>Sun UltraSPARC workstations running Solaris 8.</li>

<li>Intel and AMD machines running on Win32 with the Cygwin libraries (limited

    support is available for native builds with Visual C++).</li>