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Using and porting GNU lightning

This document describes installing, using and porting the GNU lightning library for dynamic code generation. Unlike other dynamic code generation systems, which are usually either inefficient or non-portable, GNU lightning is both retargetable and very fast.


1. Introduction to GNU lightning		What GNU lightning is.
2. Using GNU lightning		Using GNU lightning in your programs
3. Porting GNU lightning		Retargeting GNU lightning to a new system
4. The future of GNU lightning		Tasks for GNU lightning's subsequent releases
5. Acknowledgements		Acknowledgements for GNU lightning

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Using GNU lightning:
2.1 Configuring and installing GNU lightning		Configuring and installing GNU lightning
2.2 GNU lightning's instruction set		The RISC instruction set used i GNU lightning
2.3 Generating code at run-time		GNU lightning's macros
2.4 Re-entrant usage of GNU lightning		Re-entrant usage of GNU lightning
2.6 Using `autoconf` with GNU lightning		Using `autoconf` with GNU lightning

Porting GNU lightning:
3.1 An overview of the porting process
3.2 Automatically recognizing the new platform
3.3 Creating the run-time assembler		An internal layer to simplify porting
3.4 Creating the platform-independent layer		The platform-independent layer used by clients.
3.5 More complex tasks in the platform-independent layer		Doing more complex tasks.
3.6 Implementing macros for floating point

Standard macros:
3.4.1 Implementing forward references
3.4.2 Common features supported by ``core-common.h`'
3.4.3 Supporting scheduling of delay slots
3.4.4 Supporting arbitrarily sized immediate values
3.4.5 Implementing the ABI		Function prologs and epilogs, and argument passing
3.4.6 Macros composing the platform-independent layer

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