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Comment by sedatk

1 year ago

Because Rust compiler generates IR bytecode, not machine code.

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shmerl  1 year ago

That's the reason to use llvm as part of Rust compiler toolchain, not to use gcc or clang as linker manager?

  • sedatk  1 year ago

    You're right, @davidlattimore seems to have answered that.

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