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diff --git a/docs/ReleaseNotes.html b/docs/ReleaseNotes.html index 41977ae4a6..1b44ac553c 100644 --- a/docs/ReleaseNotes.html +++ b/docs/ReleaseNotes.html @@ -77,18 +77,20 @@ includes a few new features, such as a simple profiler, support for Mac OS/X, better interoperability with external source bases, a new example language front-end, and improvements in a few optimizations.</p> -<p>At this time, LLVM is known to correctly compile the C & C++ SPEC CPU2000 -benchmarks with the C backend (X86 only), the Olden benchmarks, and the Ptrdist -benchmarks. It has also been used to compile -<b>many</b> other programs. LLVM now also works with a broad variety of -C++ programs, though it has still received much less testing than the C -front-end. +<p>At this time, LLVM is known to correctly compile and run all non-unwinding C +& C++ SPEC CPU2000 benchmarks, the Olden benchmarks, and the Ptrdist +benchmarks. It has also been used to compile <b>many</b> other programs. LLVM +now also works with a broad variety of C++ programs, though it has still +received much less testing than the C front-end. </p> <p> -Note that the Sparc and X86 backends do not currently support exception throwing -or long jumping (including 253.perlbmk in SPEC). For these programs, you must -use the C backend. Support for unwinding will be added in a future release. +The LLVM native code generators are very stable, but do not currently support +unwinding (exception throwing or <tt>longjmp</tt>ing), which prevent them from +working with programs like the <tt>253.perlbmk</tt> in SPEC CPU2000. The C +backend and the rest of LLVM does support these programs however, so you can +still use LLVM with them. Support for unwinding will be added in a future +release. </p> |