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Comment by rererereferred

1 year ago

Their x86 backend seems to be more complete, bypassing LLVM and allowing for fast debug builds.

Rust has a Cranelift-based backend that you can use for that.

  • It sadly helps a lot less than you would hope. A true dev backend can be many times faster than llvm to compile code. Crane lift is more like a 1.5x or 2x. Not to mention a lot of time is spent in the rust frontend.