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build systems using llvm as the backend are getting there, but zig is making their own compiler too.

• forrestthewoods 3mo ago
  compilers and build systems are and should be different. A good polyglot build system should support llvm and zig and python and literally any toolchain under the sun.
  • himata4113 3mo ago
    the problem is that you need a compiler capable of compiling said zig, python, rust. LLVM does that, you can compile something as untyped as javascript(with a lot of hacks) or as strict as rust.
    • forrestthewoods 3mo ago
      > the problem is that you need a compiler capable of compiling said zig, python, rust no! No you do not!! It’s perfectly totally fine to have multiple different compilers. Literally not a problem at all. That’s my point! Compilers and build systems are separate. It is perfectly fine for one build system to invoke multiple different compilers.
      • himata4113 3mo ago
        cargo pretty much does that, but then you have to have to bundle all those compilers which becomes a fuckfest.
        • forrestthewoods 3mo ago
          Ehh. Cargo has build.rs but calling that a polyglot build system is like calling bash scripts a polyglot build system. Buck and Bazel have the right architecture. Just need a version written fresh without all the baggage.