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Re:GCC-Rust: Rust frontend for GCC by cbmuser on Sunday December 08, 2019 @05:51AM (#21735303)
Compare the number of architectures by GCC:

> https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/GNU_Compiler_Collection#Archit...

And the number of architectures by LLVM:

> https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/LLVM#Back_ends

GCC supports vastly more targets.

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Re:GCC-Rust: Rust frontend for GCC by est31 on Sunday December 08, 2019 @08:11AM (#21735718)
That's the current state but LLVM is adding new targets (like the newly added AVR target), while the AVR target in GCC is under threat of removal: https://www.bountysource.com/issues/84630749-avr-convert-the...
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Re:GCC-Rust: Rust frontend for GCC by vunie on Sunday December 08, 2019 @10:00AM (#21736163)
GCC still supports more architectures even if AVR support is removed.
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Re:GCC-Rust: Rust frontend for GCC by comex on Sunday December 08, 2019 @11:00PM (#21740308)
What part of my comment does that contradict?
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