Git Developers Discuss The Possibility Of Beginning To Use Rust Code

[phoronix]

Phoronix: Git Developers Discuss The Possibility Of Beginning To Use Rust Code

The latest open-source project eyeing the possibility of beginning to allow the Rust programming language to be used within its codebase is the Git project...

https://www.phoronix.com/news/GCC-Rust-Developer-Discussion

[zcansi]

There is, of course, also a project to write a fully Rust implementation, for those who are interested: https://github.com/Byron/gitoxide

[Quackdoc]

There is, of course, also a project to write a fully Rust implementation, for those who are interested: https://github.com/Byron/gitoxide

Ive been meaning to test it out but never got around to it

[Sethox]

The slogan of Rust really is to spread huh?

[bachchain]

The slogan of Rust really is to spread huh?

Who would've guessed that successful things tend to become popular

[Sethox]

Who would've guessed that successful things tend to become popular

Yeah, it's interesting to be sure. If Linus accepts it for the Kernel, it's viable for me to try it as well.

[CommunityMember]

The slogan of Rust really is to spread huh?

When you lower the pH level rust spreads faster. And as we likely all remember from HS chemistry, coffee and soda are both acidic. Those being two favorite things of programmers, rust happens.

[peppercats]

Who would've guessed that successful things tend to become popular

If by "successful" you mean "annoying language activists ensure 90% of current contributors will no longer contribute", sure.

[peterdk]

As much as I enjoy Rust, I do think it makes sense to wait for a GCC implementation of the compiler for such a crossplatform project as Git.

[jaypatelani]

As much as I enjoy Rust, I do think it makes sense to wait for a GCC implementation of the compiler for such a crossplatform project as Git.

That's what I thought. Choosing Ada would be better as it is supported in gcc