Rust is actually portable

Re:Rust is actually portable by lelanthran on Thursday July 28, 2022 @07:36AM (#32262978)

> My final question about any tool is more personal: "Does it use C++?" because, if it does, then integrating with anything other than C++ is going to be a gigantic PITA. At this point there are plenty of fine alternatives to C++ that don't suck. If you don't have a clean, pleasant way of talking to things that only understand C library conventions, you fail and I'm moving on.

I think you've got that the wrong way around; if you can talk to things using the C library, you automatically get reusability from Java, C#, Python, various Lisps, Ruby, Rust (Go?), and almost every halfway popular language in existence.

What alternative do you know off that is more widely supported by all programming languages?

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Re:Rust is actually portable by bsder on Thursday July 28, 2022 @07:28PM (#32271304)

C API != C++ API

Vulkan development, for instance, drives me up a tree. Vulkan has probably the best C API I've probably ever seen.

Vulkan support libraries like the Vulkan Memory Allocator all tend to be C++ because that's what GameDev tends to use. And they're an absolute nightmare to integrate with anything not C++.

I mean, even the C++ guys eventually gave up. Look at the proliferation of "Header-only" C++ libraries because integrating with the C++ compiler and linker is simply too painful.

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Re:Rust is actually portable by ectopod on Thursday July 28, 2022 @08:38AM (#32263476)

I think you are agreeing. C APIs are broadly useful. C++ APIs, not so much.

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Re:Rust is actually portable by lelanthran on Friday July 29, 2022 @03:44AM (#32274148)

You are quite correct and I am confused why my comment was upvoted :-/

I'm in full agreement with the GP, I just misunderstood the text (that's all on me, he was very clear).

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