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 Low Level Virtual Machine (LLVM)
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-This directory and its subdirectories contain source code for the Low Level
-Virtual Machine, a toolkit for the construction of highly optimized compilers,
+This directory and its subdirectories contain source code for LLVM,
+a toolkit for the construction of highly optimized compilers,
 optimizers, and runtime environments.
 
 LLVM is open source software. You may freely distribute it under the terms of