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Rust is one of rare class of memory safe languages that are - easily callable from other languages because of the C ABI - runtime free and not Posix dependent
by zmanian 12y ago
Rust is one of rare class of memory safe languages that are
- easily callable from other languages because of the C ABI
- runtime free and not Posix dependent
- portable across CPU architectures.
Rust will provide you memory safety where other languages can't even run.
- bjwbell 12y ago- easily call C libraries, practically trivial. I hated using the FFI's in Java & C#. There's many things I don't like about rust but the above list make it very hard to beat.
- ngrilly 12y agoRust is not "runtime free". Rust needs a "minimal runtime", as stated on the project home page. You need at least a memory allocator. Even C programs are usually linked to a runtime library (like glibc).
- Jweb_Guru 12y agoRust is usable with an extremely minimal runtime that approximates having no runtime at all (with #[no_std]). There are a few intrinsics you have to define, but none of them involve memory allocation. It also has a core crate that does not expose anything that requires allocation.
- ngrilly 12y agoInteresting! I was unaware of the existence of #[no_std]. My mistake. Thanks for putting it right :)