• Hugin@lemmy.world
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    2 days ago

    The nice thing is if a much better solution exists then a rust compiler that uses it can be implemented using it. Then you don’t have to rewrite all the rust code.

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      1 day ago

      No, the alternative solutions definitely wouldn’t work with existing Rust code. You need a new language.

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        11 hours ago

        If you don’t code with undefined behavior compiler updates can apply to legacy code. I’ve been through enough compiler upgrades with microcontrollers that it’s old hat.

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          9 hours ago

          I’m talking about things like Perceus. It’s not a compiler update.