@notgull One thing the post doesn't really explain...

@notgull One thing the post doesn't really explain is why it matters how "late in the process" Rust shows up.

> So if you wanted to use Rust at any point before C++ is introduced, you’re out of luck.
>
> So, for me, it would be really nice if there was a Rust compiler that could be bootstrapped from C.

Are you working on something else that requires Rust, which you'd like to have available earlier in bootstrapping? Do you just want to be able to "cut off" bootstrapping entirely before C++?

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notgull

@BatmanAoD Yeah, I have plans which require Rust to be available early on in the process.

27 August at 15:04 | Open on hachyderm.io

Kyle Strand

@notgull Er...are they... secret plans?

27 August at 16:12 | Open on mastodon.social

notgull

@BatmanAoD Not really. Mostly I want to replace the Perl bootstrap that happens in the process

27 August at 17:27 | Open on hachyderm.io

Kyle Strand

@notgull Replacing Perl with Rust certainly worthwhile!

28 August at 1:43 | Open on mastodon.social

Andrius Štikonas

@notgull @BatmanAoD In saw another attempt to replace perl but without rust. Somebody is trying to write autotools in C.

28 August at 21:42 | Open on fosstodon.org

Andrius Štikonas

@BatmanAoD @notgull Well, one simple example might be using uutils instead of coreutils. Or findutils in rust...

28 August at 21:41 | Open on fosstodon.org