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Re:Mrustc: a Rust compiler written in C++ by xoroshiro on Friday September 22, 2017 @05:11AM (#15310449)
I don't get the issue as well, but maybe from ignorance. Can't I just get the rust compiler in LLVM's IR form and bootstrap from there?
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Re:Mrustc: a Rust compiler written in C++ by tmzt on Friday September 22, 2017 @08:56AM (#15311714)
LLVM IR is still very targeted to the architecture it will be run on, it's not intended to be a portable representation.
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