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Re:Rust on the ESP32 (2019) by MrBuddyCasino on Monday July 06, 2020 @02:37AM (#23745281)
Was looking at Zig for the same reason, manual memory management but less error prone due to "defer", and a design ethos that is very reminiscent of C. Can even compile C directly! I really, really like the aesthetics of the language, but there is no xtensa backend yet.

Rust might just be a leap too big and can only work in blank-slate scenarios.

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Re:Rust on the ESP32 (2019) by elcritch on Monday July 06, 2020 @05:40AM (#23746150)
Zig seems promising too! But it’s still LLVM based (?), which seems to be a limitation in the embedded world. Nim’s templates/macros are nice for fiddly stuff. Not sure how Zig handles places where compile time macros can make things nice. Yah I figure in ~5 years Rust might be better positioned in embedded work as a goto solution.
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Re:Rust on the ESP32 (2019) by MrBuddyCasino on Monday July 06, 2020 @06:10AM (#23746284)
If you like macros, Zig might not be for you. Part of its mission statement:

"There is no hidden control flow, no hidden memory allocations, no preprocessor, and no macros."

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