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Re:Rust front-end merged in GCC trunk by 3836293648 on Wednesday December 14, 2022 @09:17AM (#33983743)
They don't have to extend the language to create fragmentation. Being far enough behind rustc is enough
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Re:Rust front-end merged in GCC trunk by masklinn on Wednesday December 14, 2022 @10:35AM (#33984904)
You can already do that. Some libraries wilfully restrict their MSRV for backwards compatibility or distro compatibility (e.g. Debian stable provides 1.48).
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Re:Rust front-end merged in GCC trunk by cesarb on Wednesday December 14, 2022 @09:45AM (#33984120)
> Being far enough behind rustc is enough

But rustc itself can be far enough behind rustc, as the MSRV debate shows.

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Re:Rust front-end merged in GCC trunk by JoshTriplett on Wednesday December 14, 2022 @07:59PM (#33993450)
No argument there, but I think the third point helps address that somewhat.
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