Talk on what a systems programming language needs to replace C

drug drug2004 at bk.ru
Mon Aug 26 10:23:38 UTC 2019


26.08.2019 12:30, Dibyendu Majumdar пишет:
> 
> I ignored the evangelizing bits.
> 
> What I took from the talk is that there are two things:
> 
> a) The compelling feature is the Rust automatic memory management 
> /memory safety without GC and runtime - that can motivate systems 
> programmers to move from C.
Many people don't agree to you because very often low-level Rust code 
uses unsafe block very much. This definitely isn't as good as you say.

> 
> b) Parity with C - this is where Rust lacks and needs enhancements.
> 
> Comparing with D, perhaps D excels at b) but lacks a compelling memory 
> management solution that would motivate systems programmers.
> 
> Regards
> 



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