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Remember that Rust is supposed to be an alternative to C or C++, where the "this problem comes up with GCC so use the LLVM backend" is really rare and generally
by simias 6y ago
Remember that Rust is supposed to be an alternative to C or C++, where the "this problem comes up with GCC so use the LLVM backend" is really rare and generally a sign of a bad codebase (exceptions being things like the Linux kernel that are so huge, optimized and domain-specific that they often end up relying on compiler dialects).
One exception to this is Visual Studio's toolchain but let's not talk about Visual Studio's toolchain on a weekend...
- pjmlp 6y agoYeah, when one forgets that there are more C and C++ compilers out there in the industry than just the pair that the FOSS community cares about.