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Eurydice: a Rust to C compiler

(jonathan.protzenko.fr)
185 points todsacerdoti | 9 comments | 07 Dec 25 01:41 UTC | HN request time: 0.958s | source | bottom
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apitman ◴[07 Dec 25 05:40 UTC] No.46179418[source]▶
I use Rust and C at work. I quite enjoy Rust, but I currently have no reason to believe C won't outlive it, by a lot.
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1. hu3 ◴[07 Dec 25 06:46 UTC] No.46179713[source]▶
And I think Zig will gradually eat a large piece of the C pie that would otherwise be eaten by Rust.
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2. pjmlp ◴[07 Dec 25 06:48 UTC] No.46179729[source]▶
I doubt it, unless it sorts out its use after free issues, embraces binary distribution used in commercial world, and gets adoption by an OS vendor.
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3. opem ◴[07 Dec 25 08:20 UTC] No.46180110[source]▶
Jai is also on the que
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4. Y_Y ◴[07 Dec 25 09:53 UTC] No.46180515[source]▶
¿Que jai?
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5. forgotpwd16 ◴[07 Dec 25 11:55 UTC] No.46181105[source]▶
Nowadays, a language without public implementation/documentation isn't going to get any actual adoption.
6. apitman ◴[07 Dec 25 15:55 UTC] No.46182609[source]▶
Currently Zig has the same issues as Rust in this context, primarily depending on a compiler that's too complex for a single person to maintain if necessary.

But in Zig's case it seems there's a pretty good chance that will change if they're able to drop LLVM in the future.

7. Zambyte ◴[07 Dec 25 15:56 UTC] No.46182618[source]▶
You can create and link to shared objects and create statically or dynamically linked executables. What more could you want on "embracing binary distribution"?
8. avadodin ◴[07 Dec 25 23:29 UTC] No.46186493{3}[source]▶
quec
9. lukebitts ◴[08 Dec 25 11:37 UTC] No.46191123[source]▶
Any moment now…