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Nice, I guess, but I had hoped for more technical particulars rather than just "we're trying to throw money it and hope it gets better". What will the money ac
by sho_hn 3y ago
Nice, I guess, but I had hoped for more technical particulars rather than just "we're trying to throw money it and hope it gets better".
What will the money actually fund? What are the conditions and KPIs of the grant? Are they putting their weight behind any preferred approach?
Edit: The RF announcement includes more information: https://foundation.rust-lang.org/news/google-contributes-1m-to-rust-foundation-to-support-c-rust-interop-initiative/ https://foundation.rust-lang.org/news/google-contributes-1m-...
"The Rust Foundation’s first Interop Initiative task will be to draft a scope of work proposal for discussion amongst our team members, the Rust Project Leadership Council, Rust Project stakeholders, relevant Rust Foundation member organizations, and its board.
[...] Recommendations will likely include the hiring of one or more Interop Initiative engineers and may include the provision of resources towards expanding on existing interoperability work, build system integration, using AI for C++ to Rust conversion, or some combination of all these. The Foundation will engage the appropriate stakeholders across the Rust Project and its member base to review the proposal and carve the path forward for this important work."
- TillE 3y agoCarbon's approach is to integrate with LLVM internals (particularly the clang AST) and interoperate at that level. I guess Rust could do something similar, but probably with limitations since Rust isn't explicitly designed as a C++ successor language.
- pjmlp 3y agoIn any case Carbon is a research project, even if the Internets give it more spotlight than the authors themselves.