The simpler alternative to GCC-RS

The GCC-RS project, which can be summed up as “Rewrite the Rust compiler in C++”, got a bit of media attention lately. In this post I’ll try to convince you that all the stated benefits of it can be achieved without necessitating a rewrite by leveraging rustc_codegen_gcc instead. All of the opinions expressed in this article are my own. They do not represent the opinions of any organizations I may be part of. I am not directly affiliated with any of the projects discussed here. Background: LLVM vs GCC The o