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Philip Herron

@the_philbert

Lead Maintainer for Rust GCC https://teapawt.net/t.co/NKTEZsNIxG

 Belfast
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Joined November 2020
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Impl Trait implementation in gccrs with substack. Now with images: philberty.substack.com/p/mpl… @gcc_rust #rust #rustlang
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It's crazy to see how our wee project has progressed each year the people we have met on the journey has made us friends for life now
GCC Rust (@gcc_rust) profile pictureGCC Rust@gcc_rustJan 8
Hi everyone! Here is our last report for the year 2025 and a small update from the team. Thanks again for a very fun 2025 and we look forward to do it all over again :) rust-gcc.github.io/2026/01/0…
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Very close to having const generics working in @gcc_rust then it's onto finishing fn traits which mostly work like 85% of the way there
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I'm saddened by this whole mega push for rust into Debian at the expense of older systems. Honestly speaking for myself i am not convinced by rusts memory safety, no i am not saying it doesn't catch things but its so over hyped i don't believe people understand the tradeoffs
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To be far I am a fan of rust for clarity. The strength of rust is more because its a modern systems language no headers and powerful macros and complete generics not because of memory safety in my opinion
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Its so funny by the time @gcc_rust compiles println! and prints hello world it means _everything_ works at that point. Which means working libstd, liballoc and libcore in order to hello world! Blog posts in bound
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I've started blogging again, trying out substack to see what its like: @gcc_rust #rustlang #gnutools I've been working on Impl trait this last few weeks on and off its getting close! Implementing `impl Trait` in gccrs: APIT, RPIT, and Desugaring open.substack.com/pub/philbe…
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One of my 2 plots is shaping up well this year for a great growing season: Its been good to get off the computer sometimes
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@phoronix17 Mar 2025
Big Rust Update Merged For @gnutools GCC 15 - Lands The Polonius Borrow Checker phoronix.com/news/GCC-15-Big…
Big Rust Update Merged For GCC 15 - Lands The Polonius Borrow Checker

Big Rust Update Merged For GCC 15 - Lands The Polonius Borrow Checker

Some 145 patches for the Rust 'gccrs' front-end were posted today and subsequently merged to GCC Git ahead of the upcoming GCC 15.1 stable release.

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GCC Rust@gcc_rust6 Feb 2025
First monthly report of the year with some code snippets of our two main targets (Rust-for-Linux and Rust's core crate) to show the importance of the milestones we are working on: rust-gcc.github.io/2025/02/0…
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I've been wanting to do a detailed blog or possibly series of blogs of about "Developing the Type System for GCC Rust". Its probably been one of the most difficult things I have ever done but i do think the guts of it is pretty darn close. Would people be interested?
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GCC Rust@gcc_rust7 Nov 2024
blog.rust-lang.org/2024/11/0…
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GCC Rust@gcc_rust26 Sep 2024
We have written a short technical dive into how we currently reuse Rust components within gccrs, a compiler written in C++, and how we will continue doing so in the future, eventually compiling them using our own compiler. rust-gcc.github.io/2024/09/2…
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Rui Ueyama@rui31425 Jan 2024
ベルギーまで行って発表するのに30分ってちょっと短いかも？ と思ったけど、よく見たら一番長い時間をもらってた fosdem.org/2024/schedule/tra…
FOSDEM 2024 - GCC devroom

FOSDEM 2024 - GCC devroom

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Andrew Bolster@Bolster18 Jan 2024
It has been 713 days since Northern Ireland had a government. The total MLA salary bill since then is £8,976,295 That's about £99,737 per MLA howlonghasnorthernirelandnot…
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@falco_girgis28 Dec 2023
I give to you... The very first Rust-driven 3D demo for the Sega #Dreamcast, powered by GCC-RS! Rust is calling into C for the GL calls... and #FORTRAN for additional utility logic! (Yes, we just went there!) #gamedev #rustlang
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Have to say this took me by surprise! Thank you very much for nominating me.
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@openuk_uk3 Nov 2023
👤🏆 #OpenUKAwards2023! Celebrating exceptional individuals in open tech! The Individual category shortlist is here, recognising outstanding contributions by remarkable individuals - @geekygirldawn, @the_philbert & @SigGravitas. 🌟
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Garth Gilmour@GarthGilmour4 Sep 2023
You can now sign up for the 4th (and final) Speaker Event in the series organised by @NIDevConf, @bsidesbelfast & @BFSServerless. Whether you have 3 bullet points or 300 slides, come to @KainosSoftware on the 11th for advice, support and snacks 😉 serverlessdaysbelfast.com/be…
Become an Awesome Speaker

Become an Awesome Speaker

Speaking at a conference can be a great way to share your knowledge and expertise with others. It can also help you build your professional network and increase your visibility in your industry. Bs…

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GCC Rust@gcc_rust31 Jul 2023
New monthly report for the month of July - a big one! We are amazed by how many contributions we got this month. Thank you everyone 💜 It also contains details about this month's work, notably about Sized, Fn* traits, and error codes. rust-gcc.github.io/2023/07/3… #rustlang #gcc
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Join us this September in beautiful Cambridge, UK for GNU Cauldron 2023. Registration open! #cauldron2023 gcc.gnu.org/pipermail/gcc/20…
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