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Eurydice: a Rust to C compiler

(jonathan.protzenko.fr)
185 points todsacerdoti | 4 comments | 07 Dec 25 01:41 UTC | HN request time: 0.018s | source
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bloppe ◴[07 Dec 25 08:32 UTC] No.46180140[source]▶
Rust compiles to LLVM IR. I'm pretty surprised that building this transpiler was considered a better use of time than writing an LLVM backend for whatever "weird embedded target" might need this.
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1. aw1621107 ◴[07 Dec 25 09:55 UTC] No.46180523[source]▶
In fact there used to be a C backend for LLVM, but it was removed in LLVM 3.1 [0]. JuliaHub has resurrected it as a third-party backend [1], though I have no idea if there is any interest in upstreaming the work from either end.

[0]: https://releases.llvm.org/3.1/docs/ReleaseNotes.html

[1]: https://releases.llvm.org/3.1/docs/ReleaseNotes.html

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2. fithisux ◴[07 Dec 25 12:08 UTC] No.46181163[source]▶
The refs are duplicated.
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3. aw1621107 ◴[07 Dec 25 14:45 UTC] No.46182019[source]▶
Ack, my bad. Can't edit the comment any more, unfortunately. Second ref is supposed to be to https://github.com/JuliaHubOSS/llvm-cbe
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4. fithisux ◴[07 Dec 25 22:36 UTC] No.46186009{3}[source]▶
Thanks