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Re:Rust and C++ Interoperability in Chrome by outworlder on Wednesday August 19, 2020 @04:14PM (#24215720)
> Do they really need to access thousands of C++ API calls from Rust?

Yes. It's turtles all the way down. Applying this line of thought to its logical conclusion, it wouldn't be worth it until we have written the OS itself and all firmware in Rust.

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Re:Rust and C++ Interoperability in Chrome by Ericson2314 on Thursday August 20, 2020 @12:38AM (#24219943)
Just within the process. Between processes or process and kernel, there are already runtime checks, so Rust isn't contributing safety so much quality.
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