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author | Dan Dascalescu <ddascalescu+github@gmail.com> | 2014-03-20 11:11:49 -0700 |
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committer | Dan Dascalescu <ddascalescu+github@gmail.com> | 2014-03-20 11:11:49 -0700 |
commit | e3ec6a604b651b0791987b7563060041f76a17b6 (patch) | |
tree | 665693e2a406f811cb49d76ad6f78c42e3760545 | |
parent | 6960d2296299e96d43e694806f5d35799ef8d39c (diff) |
Explain what LLVM is for new users
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diff --git a/README.markdown b/README.markdown index 81a95141..b9894cd2 100644 --- a/README.markdown +++ b/README.markdown @@ -1,10 +1,9 @@ -  Emscripten ========== -Emscripten is an LLVM-to-JavaScript compiler. It takes LLVM bitcode - which can be generated from C/C++, using llvm-gcc or clang, or any other language that can be converted into LLVM - and compiles that into JavaScript, which can be run on the web (or anywhere else JavaScript can run). +Emscripten is an [LLVM](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/LLVM)-to-JavaScript compiler. It takes Low-Level Virtual Machine bitcode - which can be generated from C/C++, using llvm-gcc or clang, or any other language that can be converted into LLVM - and compiles that into JavaScript, which can be run on the web (or anywhere else JavaScript can run). Links to **demos**, **tutorial**, **FAQ**, etc: <https://github.com/kripken/emscripten/wiki> |