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Eurydice: a Rust to C compiler

(jonathan.protzenko.fr)
185 points todsacerdoti | 1 comments | 07 Dec 25 01:41 UTC | HN request time: 0s | source
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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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pjmlp ◴[07 Dec 25 06:46 UTC] No.46179716[source]▶
Until specific industry standards like POSIX, all Khronos APIs, UNIX like systems get rewriten into something else, it is going to stay around.

Hence why it should be a priority for WG14 to actually improve C's safety as well, unfortunately most members don't care, otherwise we would at least already have either fat pointers, or libraries like SDS on the standard by now.

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1. IshKebab ◴[07 Dec 25 10:01 UTC] No.46180555[source]▶
The C ABI will definitely stick around. That doesn't necessarily mean C will. (Though it probably will have a very drawn-out death.)