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Re:Make LLVM Fast Again by dgentile on Sunday May 10, 2020 @09:13PM (#23137922)
The Rust is 10% slower metric I think is unfair. If you look on godbolt, the LLVM IR that rustc emits isn't that great, so LLVM has to take some extra time to optimize that, compared to the output of clang.
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Re:Make LLVM Fast Again by est31 on Sunday May 10, 2020 @09:18PM (#23137952)
It's not 10% slower compared to clang but slower compared to the prior version of LLVM. That comparison IS fair as LLVM specifically invites people to target it.
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