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		steveklabnik on Feb 28, 2021 \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: Weird architectures weren't supported to begin wit... llvm had a C backend at one point, but my understanding is that it bitrotted and was removed. I think there's been some work to bring it back? Not 100% sure.

ithkuil on Feb 28, 2021 [–]

TIL https://github.com/thepowersgang/mrustc

steveklabnik on March 1, 2021 | [–]

Yeah, this is a great project, but different than what I was talking about :)

ithkuil on March 1, 2021 | | [–]

Indeed; I meant it as a continuation to my:

> Wonder if rust (or llvm) ...

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