GNOME's SVG Rendering Library Migrating To Rust

[phoronix]

Phoronix: GNOME's SVG Rendering Library Migrating To Rust

The librsvg library for SVG rendering is up to version 2.41.0 and with this milestone it's their first release to port some code to Rust while maintaining the same public API...

http://www.phoronix.com/scan.php?page=news_item&px=librsvg-2.41-Rust

[tildearrow]

Why??? Why is everything moving to Rust?

Also, little typo:

For related reading in case you missed it yesterday: Whether You Should Translate Your Code To Rust>

[pouar]

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Edit: Apparently yes, all is good then.

[tinko]

Why wouldn't one move to Rust? Rust was developed for highly safe and highly concurrent systems and to be practical. Those are main objectives today and weren't when C was developed. It is not surprising that Rust is more suited than C for future development.

[fabdiznec]

Why??? Why is everything moving to Rust?

Why not just read up on it? The first sentence on the page gives at least a couple of compelling reasons for choosing it over C.

[mmstick]

Because they're retarded and think it's cool to say you use something esoteric like Rust instead of the common plebs who use C++ and C?

How is Rust esoteric? Do you even know what that means? Rust is practical, simple, and all-around just makes logical sense.

[ldo17]

Because they're retarded and think it's cool to say you use something esoteric like Rust instead of the common plebs who use C++ and C?

It’s one attempt at an answer to the question of how to write code that is more reliable and less prone to the embarrassing security holes that are increasingly popping up everywhere.

[cjcox]

We all need to stop spinning rust (so I've been told).

[Marc Driftmeyer]

Really? I'll wager it was due to Mozilla wanting to have Rust in FireFox and hooks with librsvg

[ldo17]

We all need to stop spinning rust (so I've been told).

Your attempt at a pun has awakened another pet peeve of mine: referring to the magnetic coating on hard drives as “rust”.

Rust isn’t magnetic.