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>So why not use it? Because I don't like it, and I do like C. Rust is not the second coming of Christ, it's a programming language and has many shortcomings an

• wander_homer 7y ago
  Which is fine, everyone has their own taste and every language has its shortcomings, but then why didn't you say that from the beginning? Instead you made up a stupid argument that with wlroots being written in Rust other projects would have had a much harder time to make bindings to other programming languages. Which is of course bullshit since Rust allows you to provide a C ABI, hence creating language bindings is as simple as with C.
  • Sir_Cmpwn 7y ago
    >Which is of course bullshit since Rust allows you to provide a C ABI, hence creating language bindings is as simple as with C. No, because C already uses the C ABI. You have to have a separate interface to your Rust code which uses the C ABI, and an uncomfortable transition point between C-land and Rust-land. This is definitely not as simple as it is with C.
    • wander_homer 7y ago
      That wasn't your argument. Your argument was that other projects have a much easier time to create language bindings for wlroots if it's written in C and know your argument changed to: I have a much easier time to provide a C ABI if wlroots is written in C instead of Rust.
• shmerl 7y ago
  In my view, tradeoffs of C are objectively much worse overall. I.e. it's not about taste, it's about the language limitations. Tastes are a different matter and they of course can differ.