Using pre-2015 Rust
Rust Internals [Unofficial]
February 20, 2026
eggyal:
> But, if Rust has always maintained backwards compatibility, shouldn't a newer rustc always be able to "bootstrap" an older one?
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> Edit: no, because the compiler will have used unstable features that have since changed/been removed.
Also, Rust did not maintain backward compatibility with versions below 1.0.
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