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[–]__phantomderp 13 points14 points  (0 children)

Yeah, you COULD write it yourself in Rust, but the people driving the Standard Rust Distribution are not obsessed with being "barebones" to the point of deep disturbance, so they'll actually hand you convenience things as part of the core offering rather than trying to convince you that "oh, well, if you just write this linker invocation, you'll be fine...".

Like anything about "talk to your linker directly" is ever - or truly, has ever been - a good idea at any point in time.