So how did Rust acquire this reputation to begin with? I've read about it and have written some. It's a nice language but not above criticism. Seems to have the usual modern language problems such as its own package ecosystem that's incompatible with everything else.
The creator of Zig got this right. If your language's binary interface is too complex, nothing else will even attempt to interface with it. Even some C features are too annoying to interface with. Newer languages either have insanely complex ABIs or are fully virtualized within a virtual machine written in C.
The creator of Zig got this right. If your language's binary interface is too complex, nothing else will even attempt to interface with it. Even some C features are too annoying to interface with. Newer languages either have insanely complex ABIs or are fully virtualized within a virtual machine written in C.