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Would you describe these "fundamental technical reasons"?

• choeger 6y ago
  Well, I think that we need an executable format that is universal, transparent, and standardized. With ELF I can take a debugger and attach it to a rust binary as well as a C++ or go binary. Also, we want to be able to interface different languages in an efficient manner. Now with a universal executable file format that becomes possible, but requires us to have a way to combine different object files. From here on, I think it becomes obvious that we should have compilation units. A language that does not allow the definition of such a standardized object is a bad citizen, IMO. Rust, for instance does allow it, but is severely hampered by the limitations of the C-ABI.
  • fouric 6y ago
    I still don't understand what the "fundamental technical limitation is". It seems more like you're making the argument that "an executable format that is universal, transparent, and standardized" is a predicate for getting rid of translation units - which means that it's not a fundamental problem. Additionally, I don't see how removing translation units precludes multi-language integration.