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Re:Fornjot: A next-generation Code-CAD application by properparity on Wednesday March 09, 2022 @03:59PM (#30619868)
Oh jesus, the model code is in rust?

I was assuming a dsl with kernel in rust.

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Re:Fornjot: A next-generation Code-CAD application by sitkack on Wednesday March 09, 2022 @06:37PM (#30621431)
I don't think that is a big issue at this time. The Rust code would be building a data model in memory, one could easily do an internal DSL or call it from an external language.
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Re:Fornjot: A next-generation Code-CAD application by hannobraun on Thursday March 10, 2022 @07:24AM (#30626124)
Exactly. All a model does, is build a C-ABI-compatible data structure. And even though Rust is currently the only language supported, Fornjot is architected to be language-agnostic.

I don't think Rust is the ideal language for this problem, but with Fornjot itself written in Rust, it was the easiest one to support. Gotta start somewhere.

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