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		HelloNurse on Oct 9, 2024 \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: (Re)Using rustc components in gccrs If these compiler components were designed to conform to almost implementation-agnostic bootstrapping stages (e.g. compiling the borrow checker without checking borrows) organizing gccrs bootstrapping like rustc bootstrapping enables reuse.

PoignardAzur on Oct 9, 2024 [–]

> If these compiler components were designed to conform to almost implementation-agnostic bootstrapping stages

I'm pretty sure they weren't. The Rust bootstrap chain is ridiculously long.

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