Rust & Zig Combined • Richard Feldman • GOTO 2023

This presentation was recorded at GOTO Copenhagen 2023. #GOTOcon #GOTOcph
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Richard Feldman - Functional Programming Language Expert & Author of “Elm in Action” @rtfeldman

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ABSTRACT
Why would someone use both Rust and Zig in the same project? Rust is complex and famous for its borrow checker's memory safety benefits, whereas Zig is famously simple and has no borrow checker. Wouldn't a project want one or the other, rather than both together?

The compiler for the Roc programming language intentionally uses a combination of Rust and Zig. As it turns out, the circumstances that make this a good choice are not as rare as you might think, and the differences in memory safety between Rust and Zig are also not as big as you might think.

Come learn about the surprising benefits of combining two languages as different as Rust and Zig! [...]

TIMECODES
00:00 Intro
02:45 Outline
03:02 Why did we mix Rust & Zig?
17:40 Memory safety in practice
39:28 Where to draw the line?
45:15 Outro

Download slides and read the full abstract here:
https://gotocph.com/2023/sessions/2890

RECOMMENDED BOOKS
Richard Feldman • Elm in Action • https://amzn.to/387kujI
Dean Bocker • Don't Panic! I'm A Professional Zig Programmer • https://amzn.to/3ljKT8d
Tim McNamara • Rust in Action • https://amzn.to/3ux2R9u
David Drysdal • Effective Rust • https://amzn.to/4dAjbdX

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