@p @dcc @Inginsub @phnt >No tcc-style runtime compilation for FFI.
Bloat.

>The second slowest C compiler.
It's extremely fast, it just does a lot of checks and optimizations - you can disable the optimization and it's faster.

>Partially written in C++.
Sucks, but not a problem, as a previous version that implemented the permitted subset of C++ in all C.

>Not written by Ken Thompson.
Yes, it was always free software and was and is never proprietary software.

>Internally, the largest possible mess.
Internally it is quite well structured, the number of features is just pushed to the limit.

>Extensions that solve half a problem that no one has.
The extensions provide many things lacking in C.

>Still treats ARM like a second-class architecture.
It is a second-class architecture, but regardless it does support ARM32 & Aarch64 quite well.

>Rewrites your goddamn function calls.
Based.

>Does all kinds of batshit-insane nonsense that nobody asked for, incurring a compile-time cost for breaking your code.
Then don't write the software wrong or disable those optimizations flags then.

>The absolute worst possible cross-compilation situation of all time.
Not really? Once you've got it to compile, you've got a cross-compiler.

>Breaks ABI between minor versions.
Breaking any possible proprietary software between minor versions is a good thing.

>Cannot find crt0.s.
I haven't seen that, but it doesn't seem to be an issue with GCC.