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LLVM and GCC are dominating the space and pretty much killed propretary compilers.

• baq 8y ago
  Rust both greatly benefits from and is encumbered by LLVM. Maybe there’s room for a different LLVM-like or perhaps LLVM compatible project.
  • dullgiulio 8y ago
    Interesting, what do you think makes is encumbered by LLVM? I thought that sqeezing MIR in the middle Rust could get both Rust-specific transformations and then benefits from the LLVM generic code optimizations...
    • steveklabnik 8y ago
      It can! LLVM is fantastic, but it's also a huge C++ component, and it's not necessarily optimized for speed. It would be nice to end up with something in Rust to simplify the toolchain needed, and to maybe have something that could be even faster for debug builds.