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Have you heard about fil-c?

• Almondsetat 1mo ago
  What about it?
• Tuna-Fish 1mo ago
  It's an interesting option for infrastructure that's not performance critical. I agree with Domen Kožar that I want an extern "fil-c" in Rust. https://domenkozar.com/2026/08/13/i-want-extern-fil-c/ https://domenkozar.com/2026/08/13/i-want-extern-fil-c/
  • actionfromafar 1mo ago
    That would be amazing. A C to Rust port could start out with Rust with only a fn main() at first, then progressively moving more and more stuff "up" from the C program into Rust, making it faster and faster.
• nu11ptr 1mo ago
  It is a massive accomplishment and neat tool for sure but: 1) Induces a large performance penalty 2) Introduces a GC into C code bases (higher memory requirements, performance profile changes) 3) Is x86-64 only atm I believe An idiomatic Rust port would have none of these issues, so it would be more a stop gap measure than a long term strategy.