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> Much of computing in the very near future will be built on two languages: Rust and JavaScript. JavaScript runtimes will written in C++, and will run on OS's
by otabdeveloper4 6y ago
> Much of computing in the very near future will be built on two languages: Rust and JavaScript.
JavaScript runtimes will written in C++, and will run on OS's written in C.
"Built on" is the wrong phrase to use here, because the actual foundations aren't Rust or JavaScript and will never be.
- Ar-Curunir 6y agoMaybe Linux won’t switch over, but it’s not unlikely that Apple would consider Rust for portions of their kernel, given that they only have to support a limited number of devices, and have a strong LLVM culture already. Googles Fuschia OS also uses Rust heavily.
- brmgb 6y ago> will run on OS's written in C. C++ is slowly but surely displacing C on the OS side too. The field is obviously full of, hmm, time-proven code but new project tends to use C++.
- otabdeveloper4 6y agoI've been hearing this for 30 years, and it hasn't happened yet. Wake me up when it happens.