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charset="UTF-8" Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable On Mon, Feb 24, 2025 at 3:47=E2=80=AFPM Miguel Ojeda wrote: > > On Mon, Feb 24, 2025 at 1:58=E2=80=AFPM Theodore Ts'o wro= te: > > > > Hmm, I wonder if this is the reason of the persistent hostility that I > > keep hearing about in the Rust community against alternate > > implementations of the Rust compiler, such as the one being developed > > using the GCC backend. *Since* the aliasing model hasn't been > > I guess you are referring to gccrs, i.e. the new GCC frontend > developed within GCC (the other one, which is a backend, > rustc_codegen_gcc, is part of the Rust project, so no hostility there > I assume). > > In any case, yes, there are some people out there that may not agree > with the benefits/costs of implementing a new frontend in, say, GCC. > But that does not imply everyone is hostile. In fact, as far as I > understand, both Rust and gccrs are working together, e.g. see this > recent blog post: > > https://blog.rust-lang.org/2024/11/07/gccrs-an-alternative-compiler-f= or-rust.html Cc'ing Antoni, Arthur and Philip, in case they want to add, clarify and/or correct me. Cheers, Miguel