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Re:Pointers Are More Abstract Than You Might Expect in C by nine_k on Monday July 02, 2018 @12:18PM (#17442941)
The good thing about no-runtime languages is that you can mix modules written in them, within reason.

So Rust can make inroads into existing C++ code bases where it makes sense faster than we think, without replacing C++ wholesale for a long time. Firefox itsef is likely such a codebase.

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Re:Pointers Are More Abstract Than You Might Expect in C by beojan on Wednesday July 04, 2018 @08:34AM (#17456874)
That's harder than you would think due to name mangling.

Basically they can only talk to each other through a C interface.

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