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Chris Lattner: Compilers, LLVM, Swift, TPU, and ML Accelerators

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Using a Syntax Tree to Parse a Programmable Object

In the parser, it's usually a tree, and it's called an abstract syntax tree. This then gets lowered into what's called an intermediate representation. And so you represent each operation in the programm as very simple - like this is going to add to numbers. But then they get put in what are called blocks of these straight line rations. Or instead of being nested like in a tree, it's straight line operations.

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