Comment by adrian_b

That project is interesting, but it just proves my point, because that is not a software project for some concrete application intended to be run on some embedded computer, but it is a tool chain, i.e. an alternative for commonly used tool chains such as gcc + binutils + newlib.

For its intended purpose, i.e. as what must be added to gcc and binutils for obtaining a complete tool chain usable for the cross-compilation and linking of executable applications for any embedded computer, newlib works fine, with minimal headaches.

If instead of using it as intended, you want to integrate it as a component in a new and different tool chain, then I completely agree with what you have found out, that it is not a good choice.

I have reacted to your first comment because that seemed to imply that newlib is not fit for its purpose of being used in embedded programming applications, which is definitely false.

You have tried to use if for something very different, and in that context you are right, but you should have explained more of that in order to avoid confusions.

Your project seems interesting, but like in most such projects you should add on the initial page some rationale for the existence of the project, i.e. which are the features where it attempts to be different from the better known alternatives based on gcc or clang.

Following the links, one eventually reaches this succinct explanation:

"The Eigen Compiler Suite is a completely self-contained collection of software development tools. It exists to be recognized and adopted as a free development toolchain which is hopefully as useful and easy to use as its source code is intended to be approachable and comprehensible for developers and students wanting to learn, maintain, and customize a complete toolchain."

This does not mention any attempts of being better than alternatives in any direction, except for being much easier to modify if someone desires to implement some kind of compiler/linker customization.

This recommends it mostly for experimental projects, not for production projects. The former are important too, but it is good to know for what it is suitable.