PNaCl/LLVM Go Compiler
summary
A Go-to-Portable Native Client compiler built on LLVM compiles Go into LLVM bitcode that runs in Chrome’s PNaCl sandbox, aimed at IoT deployment. Constraint: Native Client forbids touching the LLVM stack, so the compiler implements an explicit Go stack and preserves goroutine stack extension and the standard Go runtime ABI. Pipeline uses SSA/continuation-passing pipeline: parse with Go SSA, generate direct style, CPS transform, simplify, emit PNaCl bitcode. Code is open source under Vanadium and demonstrated working for running Go anywhere via the browser.
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