Engineering a Programming Language with LLVM From Concept to Production Compiler

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This book is a complete, practical guide to building a real-world programming language on top of LLVM — not just a toy compiler, but a production-ready toolchain.

It covers the entire journey:

• Language design principles
• Frontend architecture and semantic analysis
• LLVM IR generation and optimization
• Object emission and linking
• Cross-compilation and ABI integration
• Runtime libraries and system integration
• Debug information, testing strategy, and performance engineering
• MLIR and custom backend development

Every chapter is grounded in official LLVM documentation, ABI specifications, and real toolchain engineering practices — with extensive examples and Windows-ready workflows.

This is not a theoretical overview. It is a complete engineering roadmap from idea to industrial compiler.

If you are serious about building languages, toolchains, or next-generation compilers — this book was written for you.