rhabarba@feddit.org to Linux@lemmy.mlEnglish · 4 months agoRust in Linux lead retires rather than deal with more “nontechnical nonsense”arstechnica.comexternal-linkmessage-square214fedilinkarrow-up1450arrow-down113file-text
arrow-up1437arrow-down1external-linkRust in Linux lead retires rather than deal with more “nontechnical nonsense”arstechnica.comrhabarba@feddit.org to Linux@lemmy.mlEnglish · 4 months agomessage-square214fedilinkfile-text
minus-squaregh0stcassette@lemmy.blahaj.zonelinkfedilinkarrow-up26·4 months agoIt seems like gcc rust would pretty much fix that issue, since soon gcc will be able to compile rust for any architecture gcc supports.
minus-squarenyan@sh.itjust.workslinkfedilinkarrow-up11·4 months agoAssuming that it works out, yes, this might fix the problem. On the other hand, I remember gcj, which kind of quietly vanished after a while, so I prefer to reserve judgement until gcc’s Rust implementation is ready for production use.
It seems like gcc rust would pretty much fix that issue, since soon gcc will be able to compile rust for any architecture gcc supports.
Assuming that it works out, yes, this might fix the problem. On the other hand, I remember gcj, which kind of quietly vanished after a while, so I prefer to reserve judgement until gcc’s Rust implementation is ready for production use.