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kstrauseryesterday at 5:14 PM1 replyview on HN

How’s that GCC backend coming along? I could look it up, but I bet others would like to hear about it too.


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vlovich123yesterday at 9:08 PM

https://blog.antoyo.xyz/rustc_codegen_gcc-progress-report-43

They’re plugging away at it. A major milestone was getting unwinding to work. I’d say they’re getting quite close and it’s getting better and better. It’s usable for Linux kernel compilation I believe which unlocks Rust to be used for the non-driver components in the kernel.

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