functionality, or simply have a lot to talk about), see the `NOTE` below
for adding a new subsection.
+* This is expected to be the last release of LLVM which compiles using a C++98
+ toolchain. We expect to start using some C++11 features in LLVM and other
+ sub-projects starting after this release. That said, we are committed to
+ supporting a reasonable set of modern C++ toolchains as the host compiler on
+ all of the platforms. This will at least include Visual Studio 2012 on
+ Windows, and Clang 3.1 or GCC 4.7.x on Mac and Linux. The final set of
+ compilers (and the C++11 features they support) is not set in stone, but we
+ wanted users of LLVM to have a heads up that the next release will involve
+ a substantial change in the host toolchain requirements.
+
* The regression tests now fail if any command in a pipe fails. To disable it in
a directory, just add ``config.pipefail = False`` to its ``lit.local.cfg``.
See :doc:`Lit <CommandGuide/lit>` for the details.
or later instead. For more information, see the `Getting Started using Visual
Studio <GettingStartedVS.html>`_ page.
+* The Loop Vectorizer that was previously enabled for -O3 is now enabled for
+ -Os and -O2.
+
+* The new SLP Vectorizer is now enabled by default.
+
+* llvm-ar now uses the new Object library and produces archives and
+ symbol tables in the gnu format.
+
+* FileCheck now allows specifing -check-prefix multiple times. This
+ helps reduce duplicate check lines when using multiple RUN lines.
+
* ... next change ...
.. NOTE
projects that have already been updated to work with LLVM 3.4.
+LDC - the LLVM-based D compiler
+-------------------------------
+
+`D <http://dlang.org>`_ is a language with C-like syntax and static typing. It
+pragmatically combines efficiency, control, and modeling power, with safety and
+programmer productivity. D supports powerful concepts like Compile-Time Function
+Execution (CTFE) and Template Meta-Programming, provides an innovative approach
+to concurrency and offers many classical paradigms.
+
+`LDC <http://wiki.dlang.org/LDC>`_ uses the frontend from the reference compiler
+combined with LLVM as backend to produce efficient native code. LDC targets
+x86/x86_64 systems like Linux, OS X, FreeBSD and Windows and also Linux/PPC64.
+Ports to other architectures like ARM and AArch64 are underway.
+
+
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