This was one of LLVM’s explicit design criteria, but with its long head start gcc still has more front ends. It’s had so many that some (like chill) have even

This was one of LLVM’s explicit design criteria, but with its long head start gcc still has more front ends. It’s had so many that some (like chill) have even been removed! It’s not extraordinary that someone would use gcc as a back end for a new language.