The goal is to rewrite the TIR into a way that the target's codegen can handle. Rewriting `exp` into `llvm.exp` can be seen as legalization too. There can be targets that can generate code directly for `exp`. In fact, the translation from `exp` to `llvm.exp` is only there for convenience (automation). The LLVM code generator could be changed to handle `exp` just fine.
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