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Re:Mrustc: a Rust compiler written in C++ by kazinator on Thursday September 21, 2017 @09:19PM (#15308713)
Can you name a C compiler that distros use that isn't GCC or Clang?
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Re:Mrustc: a Rust compiler written in C++ by SAI_Peregrinus on Tuesday September 26, 2017 @01:03PM (#15340516)
MSVC. Yeah, Windows isn't a "distro" but it is a major OS and MSVC is a pretty major compiler. But it's binary only so there's no need to bootstrap it unless you're working at MS.
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