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by crncosta 3817 days ago
In 2016 I would like to see a Rust frontend for GCC, with LTO support and all the list of target backends GCC support.
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There used to be gcc front end during Rust pre-1.0, but it seems that the language was too unstable for it to keep up.

A gcc front-end would be great, if only to show that the language spec is mature and complete enough that other implementations can be built on it.

> with LTO support

rustc already supports lto (lto=true in cargo manifest, or -C lto in rustc)

> all the list of target backends GCC support.

Which targets are you interested in specifically?