Rust 0.2 released
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Rust 0.2 released
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Re: Rust 0.2 released
#2Rust definitely seems cool as a no-compromises systems language. Why is Mozilla developing it, though? What is the intended use? Supposedly it will be used by Firefox, but for what? Rendering? JavaScript compilation?
Re: Rust 0.2 released
#3Rust definitely seems cool as a no-compromises systems language. Why is Mozilla developing it, though? What is the intended use? Supposedly it will be used by Firefox, but for what? Rendering? JavaScript compilation?
I believe it is supposed to be for whatever replaces Firefox/Gecko.
Re: Rust 0.2 released
#4COME ON!!! I literally JUST finished downloading and reading the docs for rust 0.1 an hour ago. I mean a new version is cool, but could it have come a day earlier?
Re: Rust 0.2 released
#5This language makes my knees go weak. A system language with a haskell-like type system? Yes please!
Re: Rust 0.2 released
#6Rust definitely seems cool as a no-compromises systems language. Why is Mozilla developing it, though? What is the intended use? Supposedly it will be used by Firefox, but for what? Rendering? JavaScript compilation?
Its singular goal is to be an awesome language for writing next-generation browser engines. If it just so happens to also be a really, really exciting systems programming language, that's just a plus.
The browser engine in question is called Servo, and initial discussions of its design have only just recently begun. See more here: http://smallcultfollowing.com/babysteps/blog/2012/03/28/serv...
Re: Rust 0.2 released
#7COME ON!!! I literally JUST finished downloading and reading the docs for rust 0.1 an hour ago. I mean a new version is cool, but could it have come a day earlier?
Er, it was actually five days overdue. :P
Fortunately, most of the changes in this version were internal rather than user-facing, and the few user-facing changes (classes, regions) are still somewhat half-baked. Not much new to learn at all. :)
Re: Rust 0.2 released
#8Rust definitely seems cool as a no-compromises systems language. Why is Mozilla developing it, though? What is the intended use? Supposedly it will be used by Firefox, but for what? Rendering? JavaScript compilation?
It might be interesting to write a sing-like OS with rust (sing#) as well.
Re: Rust 0.2 released
#9Rust definitely seems cool as a no-compromises systems language. Why is Mozilla developing it, though? What is the intended use? Supposedly it will be used by Firefox, but for what? Rendering? JavaScript compilation?
Its singular goal is to be an awesome language for writing next-generation browser engines. If it just so happens to also be a really, really exciting systems programming language, that's just a plus. The browser engine in question is called Servo, and initial discussions of its design have only just recently begun. See more here: http://smallcultfollowing.com/babysteps/blog/2012/03/28/serv...
Its singular goal is to be an awesome language for writing next-generation browser engines.
Well, per the FAQ: (https://github.com/mozilla/rust/wiki/Doc-project-FAQ)
What is this project's goal, in one sentence?
To design and implement a safe, concurrent, practical, static systems language.Re: Rust 0.2 released
#10Rust definitely seems cool as a no-compromises systems language. Why is Mozilla developing it, though? What is the intended use? Supposedly it will be used by Firefox, but for what? Rendering? JavaScript compilation?
Its singular goal is to be an awesome language for writing next-generation browser engines. If it just so happens to also be a really, really exciting systems programming language, that's just a plus. The browser engine in question is called Servo, and initial discussions of its design have only just recently begun. See more here: http://smallcultfollowing.com/babysteps/blog/2012/03/28/serv...
That link is worth its own HN submission.