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Rust sounded like it was close: “ Rust is not supported for end-developers. Rust is approved for use throughout the Fuchsia Platform Source Tree, with the fol

Rust sounded like it was close: “ Rust is not supported for end-developers. Rust is approved for use throughout the Fuchsia Platform Source Tree, with the following exceptions: kernel. The Zircon kernel is built using a restricted set of technologies that have established industry track records of being used in production operating systems.” That’s better than Go, which is not supported.

foota 7y ago
That's probably in part demand driven? I.e., there's little need for rust to be supported officially for end users.
- dodobirdlord 7y ago
  Moreover, C is supported for end users, and if C is supported then Rust is de facto supported though C bindings, which Rust understands natively.
  - pjmlp 7y ago
    Someone will have the fun of writing those wrappers, because Google won't do it. Likewise a future Fuchsia Studio won't support templates, debugging, or OS libraries written in Rust. And the Fuchsia team most likely won't prioritize toolchain bugs related to Rust. This is the biggest difference between using an official SDK language and guest languages.
    - zozbot234 7y ago
      Rust doesn't have a stable ABI, so it's sensible to always go through C bindings anyway. The other things you mention are just a matter of what their future Fuchsia Studio chooses to support.
ztjio 7y ago
The majority of the code in the project is already written in Rust. If we're judging Rust based on its acceptance in Fuchsia for some weird reason, it's doing very well. Doing the best, in fact.
- kjeetgill 7y ago
  I'm sorry your comment is in the grey here. I think if you'd just stuck to: "If we're judging Rust based on its acceptance in Fuchsia for some weird reason, it's doing very well.", It'd have been better received. Calling it the "majority" or "doing the best" is probably coming off as disingenuously impling "most significant". Sloc dosn't meet anyone's idea of that.

foota 7y ago

That's probably in part demand driven? I.e., there's little need for rust to be supported officially for end users.

dodobirdlord 7y ago
Moreover, C is supported for end users, and if C is supported then Rust is de facto supported though C bindings, which Rust understands natively.
- pjmlp 7y ago
  Someone will have the fun of writing those wrappers, because Google won't do it. Likewise a future Fuchsia Studio won't support templates, debugging, or OS libraries written in Rust. And the Fuchsia team most likely won't prioritize toolchain bugs related to Rust. This is the biggest difference between using an official SDK language and guest languages.
  - zozbot234 7y ago
    Rust doesn't have a stable ABI, so it's sensible to always go through C bindings anyway. The other things you mention are just a matter of what their future Fuchsia Studio chooses to support.

ztjio 7y ago

The majority of the code in the project is already written in Rust. If we're judging Rust based on its acceptance in Fuchsia for some weird reason, it's doing very well. Doing the best, in fact.

kjeetgill 7y ago
I'm sorry your comment is in the grey here. I think if you'd just stuck to: "If we're judging Rust based on its acceptance in Fuchsia for some weird reason, it's doing very well.", It'd have been better received. Calling it the "majority" or "doing the best" is probably coming off as disingenuously impling "most significant". Sloc dosn't meet anyone's idea of that.