Rust Platform Support

Discussions center on Rust's compatibility with various architectures and platforms, highlighting limitations due to its LLVM dependency, challenges with cross-compilation, and anticipation for GCC backend support to match C's reach, including embedded and exotic systems.

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brocklobsta Jan 7, 2023 View on HN

Yes, but not llvm support. Which makes rust a no go.

GuB-42 Dec 10, 2025 View on HN

Will it be possible until Rust gets full GCC support, with all its platforms?

gostsamo Feb 15, 2021 View on HN

Rust so far does not cover all architectures that C can reach. When the GCC implementation is ready, it might change, but not yet.

umanwizard Oct 20, 2022 View on HN

How can rust run somewhere that LLVM doesn't support?

kzrdude Nov 29, 2020 View on HN

How is Rust support for the platform?

whyever Apr 11, 2017 View on HN

Unfortunately Rust uses an LLVM fork IIRC, so using it is non-trivial.

rererereferred Nov 2, 2025 View on HN

That would also help use Rust in platforms that only have a C compiler.

dlivingston May 1, 2024 View on HN

What's stopping Rust from being used in embedded?

pjmlp Oct 16, 2024 View on HN

Rust runtime is partially implemented in a C++ toolchain, should we use the same arguement then?

halayli Jan 10, 2023 View on HN

Wait until you find out that Rust uses llvm.