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> clearly superior to C for systems programming. I would argue Rust already has.
by bluejekyll 9y ago
> clearly superior to C for systems programming.
I would argue Rust already has.
- thehardsphere 9y agoWhen someone writes a system based on Rust, that claim will be much stronger.
- steveklabnik 9y agoWhat kind of "system" are you looking for?
- bluejekyll 9y agoSome of my favorite examples: https://os.phil-opp.com https://os.phil-opp.com https://github.com/helena-project/tock https://github.com/helena-project/tock https://www.redox-os.org https://www.redox-os.org https://github.com/redox-os/tfs https://github.com/redox-os/tfs https://github.com/intermezzOS/kernel https://github.com/intermezzOS/kernel The biggest application example: https://github.com/servo/servo https://github.com/servo/servo And some self promotion: https://github.com/bluejekyll/trust-dns https://github.com/bluejekyll/trust-dns ---- I encourage all programmers to check it out. You may discover like me, that Rust is a compiler and language which guards against all the hard learned lessons I've had over my career. It's an amazing language to program in.
- tomsmeding 9y agoI think Rust doesn't have the speed props for that yet. It might in the future, but that's probably one of the reasons.
- bluejekyll 9y agoRust has been shown to outperform C in some cases and in most be on par. This isn't scientific: http://benchmarksgame.alioth.debian.org/u64q/rust.html http://benchmarksgame.alioth.debian.org/u64q/rust.html
- igouy 9y agoWhat isn't scientific? tomsmeding's comment? Your statement "Rust has been shown to…"? The website you point to? (What is "This isn't scientific" even supposed to mean?)