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pjmlpyesterday at 3:28 PM1 replyview on HN

Nah, they could start by not depending on LLVM/GCC and do their whole compiler back to back.


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lenkiteyesterday at 4:52 PM

Isn't that what Rust is attempting with Cranelift ? They had making Cranelift backend "production-ready" for development use as a goal for 2026. I am guessing it will be a few years beyond that before it is made available for general production-ready use.

I think Zig might possibly beat Rust's timeline here for a "No C/C++" toolchain. That is if its lead doesn't burn himself out.

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