On 22/07/2019 08.39, David C. Rankin wrote:
On 07/20/2019 07:34 AM, Carlos E. R. wrote:
Apparently Microsoft is considering switching to Rust instead of C or C++, because it apparently avoids many memory related bugs that plague C/C++ programs. Firefox switched or is switching since 2016.
I wonder if Linux at large will do a similar move. The kernel I doubt it.
https://www.zdnet.com/article/microsoft-to-explore-using-rust/
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I suspect Linus would have the same view on Rust he holds for C++
That's my suspicion as well. I read that article before (Thunderbird remembers and shows the link in different colour). I had a look at the wikipedia article on Rust. There was an example on calculating the factorial via the typical alternatives; not difficult to understand the code. There is also an article on our wiki, at https://en.opensuse.org/Rust, but it is about packaging it, not about using it. Obviously I'm not interested in that. -- Cheers / Saludos, Carlos E. R. (from 15.0 x86_64 at Telcontar)