I don&#x27;t doubt your position has merit, and there are many options for generating code other than llvm, but, is anything really quicker to implement than fprintf? I have implemented compile (note I prefer to phrase it as &#x27;source to source translation&#x27; rather &#x27;compile&#x27;) to X myself, and for a certain class of project (personal or rarely used by others, compilation speed isn&#x27;t an issue) fprintf (or whatever) get&#x27;s you a lot of bang for the development-hour buck.