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		rayiner on July 11, 2022 \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: GCC Rust Approved by GCC Steering Committee How “old” are we talking about here? Multiple language front ends sharing a common IR is a concept that dates to the 50s: https://academic.oup.com/comjnl/article/22/3/226/408542 (click through to the pdf)

colejohnson66 on July 11, 2022 | [–]

Being a concept and having papers written about it doesn't imply an actual implementation

whimsicalism on July 11, 2022 | | [–]

Your link does not work

rayiner on July 11, 2022 | | [–]

Thanks. Fixed. (It's not my fault young people broke direct linking on the web.)

lalaithion on July 11, 2022 | [–]

Link is broken

dboreham on July 11, 2022 | [–]

Worked in the 50s though.

genewitch on July 11, 2022 | | [–]

A hot link goes on a bun, dang it, and get off my lawn.

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