Re:I Hope Rust Does Not Oxidize Everything
by nindalf on Tuesday July 16, 2024 @09:50AM
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> It's significantly more difficult to re-use C
It's not, and you're over indexing on your experience with OpenGL.
There are plenty of rust libs that are thing wrappers over C libraries. They're widely used, without a problem. libgit2, written in C, is the most popular Rust library for git bindings.
Despite that, people do prefer pure Rust libraries for a very valid reason - it makes building the project, especially cross-compiling very easy. That's why cargo audit shifted from libgit2 to gitoxide.
Who is sponsoring the development of these libraries? The Rust Foundation gave the developer of gitoxide grants to develop it, with the eventual goal of replacing libgit2 in cargo.
I'm sorry you had a bad experience with OpenGL, but I don't think it's accurate to extrapolate your experience with that onto the entire ecosystem.
It's not, and you're over indexing on your experience with OpenGL.
There are plenty of rust libs that are thing wrappers over C libraries. They're widely used, without a problem. libgit2, written in C, is the most popular Rust library for git bindings.
Despite that, people do prefer pure Rust libraries for a very valid reason - it makes building the project, especially cross-compiling very easy. That's why cargo audit shifted from libgit2 to gitoxide.
Who is sponsoring the development of these libraries? The Rust Foundation gave the developer of gitoxide grants to develop it, with the eventual goal of replacing libgit2 in cargo.
I'm sorry you had a bad experience with OpenGL, but I don't think it's accurate to extrapolate your experience with that onto the entire ecosystem.