What is the new kotlin IR? I haven't been able to ...

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[Fudge]

What is the new kotlin IR? I haven't been able to find any content about it.

[gaetan]

It means Intermediate Representation. See https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Intermediate_representation
The compiler, and the compiler plugins, use it before the final compilation to the targeted platforms (byte code, js, native). Here is the code: https://github.com/JetBrains/kotlin/tree/master/compiler/ir/ir.tree/src/org/jetbrains/kotlin/ir