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Perhaps then it would be better to not use tools of this level of complexity.
by norir 3mo ago
Perhaps then it would be better to not use tools of this level of complexity.
- peesem 3mo agohow would you suggest we compile literally anything?
- spankalee 3mo agoSo don't use compilers at all?
- nasretdinov 3mo agoCompilers aren't made equal either. E.g. compare Visual Studio C++.NET compiler and something like Go. And Go isn't that simple either to be fair
- nasretdinov 3mo agoI think LLVM is a perfect example of what happens when it's too complicated: it's slow, it's bug-ridden when you stray away from the beaten path (e.g. Rust hits bugs in LLVM like this one https://www.reddit.com/r/rust/comments/l4roqk/a_fix_for_the_llvm_noalias_bug_has_landed_in_time/ https://www.reddit.com/r/rust/comments/l4roqk/a_fix_for_the_... ), and it's really hard to use and understand. It's obviously not useless because of that, but it's a great example of what happens when you cannot fully control the implementation complexity