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sedatk on Jan 24, 2025 | parent | context | favorite | on: Wild – A fast linker for Linux

Because Rust compiler generates IR bytecode, not machine code.

shmerl on Jan 24, 2025 [–]

That's the reason to use llvm as part of Rust compiler toolchain, not to use gcc or clang as linker manager?

sedatk on Jan 24, 2025 | [–]

You're right, @davidlattimore seems to have answered that.

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