Cranelift

<p>Cranelift (formerly known as Cretonne) is an optimizing <a href="/facts/Compiler/WNfCDFJe">compiler</a> backend that converts a target-independent <a href="/facts/Intermediate_representation/s0qRrbfh">intermediate representation</a> into <a href="/facts/Executable/VSst9eLA">executable</a> machine code. It is written in <a href="/facts/Rust_(programming_language)/8JNMV19F">Rust</a>. The project started in 2016 and is currently developed by <a href="/facts/Bytecode_Alliance/7ukwnxY9">Bytecode Alliance</a>. Unlike compiler backends such as LLVM that focus more on ahead-of-time compilation, Cranelift instead focuses on <a href="/facts/Just-in-time_compilation/rEYDsd8l">just-in-time compilation</a> with short compile time being an explicit goal of the project.
</p><p>As of 2023, Cranelift supports <a href="/facts/Instruction_set_architectures/8p8vwUeE">instruction set architectures</a> such as <a href="/facts/X86-64/cyWvUFlP">x86-64</a>, <a href="/facts/AArch64/bauXRos7">AArch64</a>, <a href="/facts/RISC-V/pUSKDat1">RISC-V</a>, and IBM <a href="/facts/Z%2fArchitecture/FcKYkGn9">z/Architecture</a>.
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Cranelift