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These new languages are way too big to build themselves on MS-DOS and there are already good compilers. And the runtime will be huge too, compared to native hos
by OldGoodNewBad 5y ago
These new languages are way too big to build themselves on MS-DOS and there are already good compilers. And the runtime will be huge too, compared to native hosted compilers designed for a constrained platform. Nobody does embedded Rust or Go or whatever you have.
- hollerith 5y ago>Nobody does embedded Rust Oh yes they do. Rust is used for embedded work because (like C and unlike most languages) it is easy to arrange for the output of a Rust compiler to work without any runtime library.
- OldGoodNewBad 5y agoNo they don’t. I’ve never ever heard of embedded Rust. Not saying it’s impossible but it just doesn’t happen.
- fzzzy 5y agoThere has been a massive amount of embedded rust activity for at least 5 years.
- OldGoodNewBad 5y agoI just checked and while it’s promoted on the Rust site I can’t find a single embedded Rust product. If it existed it would surely be mentioned by the Rust Internet Defense Force. I certainly can’t find any evidence of “massive” Rust activity in embedded in the last half decade.
- hollerith 5y agoSearching on "Rust Embedded Microcontroller" on one of the big job boards yields 24 hits: https://www.indeed.com/q-Rust-Embedded-Microcontroller-jobs.html https://www.indeed.com/q-Rust-Embedded-Microcontroller-jobs....
- steveklabnik 5y agoSome relevant search terms: Oxide Computer, Ferrous Systems, Oxidize - The Embedded Rust Conference.
- hansor 5y agoThat's what I'm asking about. Those NIM, V-LANG etc claims to be super small and fast languages - but yet, they do not have small standalone compilers. In contrast there are plenty of C/C++ compilers - but I'm not interested in those languages(boring and DJGPP[gcc/g++ for DOS) are too big for machine with 120MB of disk space).