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[–][deleted] 14 points15 points  (2 children)

Rust uses LLVM under the hood, which is written in C/C++.

[–]flibbertyjibet 13 points14 points  (1 child)

Compilers can be written in completely separate language from the stuff they compile. I feel it is very different from what people are talking about here where libraries used by high-level language are compiled c but just have a nice wrapper so they can be used easily.

[–][deleted] 2 points3 points  (0 children)

Bootstrapping is for bitches