Try rewording stuff talking about unwinding. Hopefully it will make llvm sound less bad, and still make John happy. :)

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@ -77,18 +77,20 @@ includes a few new features, such as a simple profiler, support for Mac OS/X,
better interoperability with external source bases, a new example language
front-end, and improvements in a few optimizations.</p>
<p>At this time, LLVM is known to correctly compile the C &amp; C++ SPEC CPU2000
benchmarks with the C backend (X86 only), the Olden benchmarks, and the Ptrdist
benchmarks. It has also been used to compile
<b>many</b> other programs. LLVM now also works with a broad variety of
C++ programs, though it has still received much less testing than the C
front-end.
<p>At this time, LLVM is known to correctly compile and run all non-unwinding C
&amp; C++ SPEC CPU2000 benchmarks, the Olden benchmarks, and the Ptrdist
benchmarks. It has also been used to compile <b>many</b> other programs. LLVM
now also works with a broad variety of C++ programs, though it has still
received much less testing than the C front-end.
</p>
<p>
Note that the Sparc and X86 backends do not currently support exception throwing
or long jumping (including 253.perlbmk in SPEC). For these programs, you must
use the C backend. Support for unwinding will be added in a future release.
The LLVM native code generators are very stable, but do not currently support
unwinding (exception throwing or <tt>longjmp</tt>ing), which prevent them from
working with programs like the <tt>253.perlbmk</tt> in SPEC CPU2000. The C
backend and the rest of LLVM does support these programs however, so you can
still use LLVM with them. Support for unwinding will be added in a future
release.
</p>