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   ThePhD (thephd@pony.social)'s status on Sunday, 02-Mar-2025 14:23:33 JST ThePhD

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   Before anyone takes this sideways:

   It's a personal admission of fault. I don't think I have the guts to survive GCC and Clang's process for a lot of my smaller but honestly important fixes. They're also very strict on new additions, unless it's backed by a strong promise for long-term commitment, or it's proposed by a long-standing community member and goes through the suggestion process (e.g. the _Generic(type, ...) change that sailed into Clang and GCC and then got into C2y after like only a handful of months of implementation experience (which is good, I wrote about it and I like the change: https://thephd.dev/improving-_generic-in-c2y )).

   But. Most large, flagship vendors are not really a good place to try experimentation, and the vendors are signaling pretty loudly they're not interested unless you're ready to Commit All The Way. So, maybe it's time I take on some burden myself and take things in a different direction.

   Don't think tcc is worth it either; they've got a very specific vibe about how they want to do things, and kencc is likely off the map too. I hate to be That Guy, but yeah: I think I'm gonna need One More Implementation.

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     ThePhD (thephd@pony.social)'s status on Sunday, 02-Mar-2025 14:23:34 JST ThePhD

     I guess this means I need to really accelerate the pace of building my own C compiler and becoming my own cornerstone in a niche community. I think I already ruined my chances of becoming a proper GCC or Clang contributor.