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sapir / gcc-rust

a (WIP) Rust frontend for gcc / a gcc backend for rustc
GNU General Public License v2.0
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Join forces #3

Closed michalfita closed 4 years ago

michalfita commented 4 years ago

Please join forces with https://github.com/redbrain/gccrs and don't try to do that by yourself. We need one good Rust frontend for GCC not multiple projects that both fail.

Thank you.

Serentty commented 4 years ago

The author of that other project seems keen on the idea of writing an entire frontend instead of just hijacking MIR. His idea is a lot more ambitious, but he has also been a lot less active. While I would be ecstatic to see his project succeed and for there to be multiple full compiler implementations, I expect to see this project get results a lot more quickly.

sapir commented 4 years ago

I agree with much of the discussion. Also:

  1. I prefer Rust to C++, and know Rust better than I know C++, so I would have less to contribute to the other project, which is done in C++.
  2. I think both projects may be useful for different reasons or in different cases. I would like the regular rust compiler to support all of gcc's backends, and I would also like an independent implementation like @redbrain is doing.