Because people want a performant optimizing compiler.
CompCert produces surprisingly fast native code.
This 2022 article [0] says it generates binaries that run about 7% slower than what GCC produces with -O1.
[0] https://www.cs.cornell.edu/courses/cs6120/2022sp/blog/compce...
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CompCert produces surprisingly fast native code.
This 2022 article [0] says it generates binaries that run about 7% slower than what GCC produces with -O1.
[0] https://www.cs.cornell.edu/courses/cs6120/2022sp/blog/compce...