Re:Getting Past C
by anarazel on Wednesday January 04, 2017 @06:29AM
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> "Actual systems programming" mostly does not involve unsafe code.
True. Or slightly rephrased: Most of the unsafe code is centralized to some core pieces.
From the POV of a PG dev: The big problem using something like rust for something like PostgreSQL is its it's portability, stability and uncertainty about where things are going. We do five years of back-branch releases (and for many that's not even enough!). Language and tooling around the new crop of languages simply aren't mature enough for that yet.
True. Or slightly rephrased: Most of the unsafe code is centralized to some core pieces.
From the POV of a PG dev: The big problem using something like rust for something like PostgreSQL is its it's portability, stability and uncertainty about where things are going. We do five years of back-branch releases (and for many that's not even enough!). Language and tooling around the new crop of languages simply aren't mature enough for that yet.