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diff --git a/llvm/docs/GettingStartedVS.html b/llvm/docs/GettingStartedVS.html index d6376cfb9d5..87be6cfcc83 100644 --- a/llvm/docs/GettingStartedVS.html +++ b/llvm/docs/GettingStartedVS.html @@ -50,8 +50,9 @@ <p>The Visual Studio port at this time is experimental. It is suitable for use only if you are writing your own compiler front end or otherwise have a need to dynamically generate machine code. The JIT and interpreter are - functional, but it is currently not possible to directly generate an - executable file. You can do so indirectly by using the C back end.</p> + functional, but it is currently not possible to generate assembly code which + is then assembled into an executable. You can indirectly create executables + by using the C back end.</p> <p>To emphasize, there is no C/C++ front end currently available. <tt>llvm-gcc</tt> is based on GCC, which cannot be bootstrapped using VC++. @@ -166,7 +167,8 @@ progress has been made since the 1.4 release.</p> <p>You will need Visual Studio .NET 2003. Earlier versions cannot open the solution/project files. The VS 2005 beta can, but will migrate these files to its own format in the process. While it should work with the VS 2005 - beta, there are no guarantees and there is no support for it at this time.</p> + beta, there are no guarantees and there is no support for it at this time. + It has been reported that VC++ Express also works.</p> <p>You will also need several open source packages: bison, flex, and sed. These must be installed in <tt>llvm/win32/tools</tt>. These can be found at |
