Porting Rust's Std to Rustix

Re:Porting Rust's Std to Rustix by colonwqbang on Tuesday January 04, 2022 @09:07AM (#29794862)

I think Linux is the about the only system where this makes sense. I don't know of another system where the syscall ABI is rigidly defined and stable like it is on Linux. Om most other systems the syscall ABI tends to be "call this C function in that shared library".

However, most computers in the world run Linux nowadays.

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Re:Porting Rust's Std to Rustix by pjmlp on Wednesday January 05, 2022 @03:22AM (#29806494)

While many run the Linux kernel, it isn't always the pure upstream version following the Linus vision.

Many devs targeting embedded and mobile devices are painfully aware of that reality.

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Re:Porting Rust's Std to Rustix by ink_13 on Tuesday January 04, 2022 @09:20AM (#29794989)

However good you think Linux is on this file, the BSDs, particularly OpenBSD, are better.

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Re:Porting Rust's Std to Rustix by WJW on Tuesday January 04, 2022 @09:46AM (#29795285)

That is irrelevant in the context of the `linux-raw` backend of this project, which does not target the BSDs.

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Re:Porting Rust's Std to Rustix by FpUser on Tuesday January 04, 2022 @09:36AM (#29795167)

There is a saying: the best camera is the one you have with you when needed.

For programming - whatever you use and are comfortable with is the best. One does not need to concern what others like / use as long as it does not impede one's own work.

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