===== Zend Bytecode to LLVM Bitcode Converter =====
//Possible mentor: [[nlopess@php.net|Nuno Lopes]]//

Make a tool to convert Zend bytecode into [[http://llvm.org|LLVM]] bitcode. Some work has already been done last year. A basic JIT engine already works. Features missing include: stabilization, code sharing between Apache/FastCGI processes, further optimizations, generate self-executable applications (without the PHP sources at all), etc..
([[http://vmkit.llvm.org/|VMKit]] might be a good source for inspiration)

==== Status ====
Code that does basic JITing works. It can run successfully most of the test suite already.
Needs heavy refactoring for newer LLVM versions.