Re: The Case for Rust (in the base system)

Ihor Antonov wrote:
> - Rust needs its own special brand of LLVM. We all know how long it 
> takes to build.
> 
This has been false since tracking LLVM releases outright, instead of 
trunk, since LLVM 8.0. On the other hand, our base system compiler is 
technically our own brand of C/C++ compiler based on an external 
project, currently clang.
> - Rust compiler is not usable without Cargo, and Cargo is a 
> fast-evolving project
>    that will need constant upkeep.
> 
Also false, rustc can totally build and link stuff without cargo. It's 
just that for nearly all projects, it's not necessary or practical to 
not use cargo for build instrumentation.

-- 
Charlie Li
...nope, still don't have an exit line.