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Rust in the Android platform

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    petrichor
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    The title is a little bit misleading - this is about using Rust in the Android Open Source Project to complement C and C++, not as an additional language for app development like Java and Kotlin....

    The title is a little bit misleading - this is about using Rust in the Android Open Source Project to complement C and C++, not as an additional language for app development like Java and Kotlin.

    Still cool.

    5 votes
    1. jokeyrhyme
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      I didn't even consider this, oops I just assume that for Android userland they'd have "app" or NDK or SDK in the title, I understood "platform" to mean something beneath those things :shrug:

      I didn't even consider this, oops

      I just assume that for Android userland they'd have "app" or NDK or SDK in the title, I understood "platform" to mean something beneath those things :shrug:

      3 votes
  2. jokeyrhyme
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    In addition to memory-safe languages like Kotlin and Java, we’re excited to announce that the Android Open Source Project (AOSP) now supports the Rust programming language for developing the OS itself.

    1 vote
  3. AreaDev
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    Rust is slowly gaining ground. And not so long ago I read this: Full text: quora.com

    Rust is slowly gaining ground. And not so long ago I read this:

    Rust will never replace C++. Rust, and other languages ​​that claim to kill/replace C++, have been born dead.
    Let me explain: in computing, it is impossible and totally unacceptable to make a clean slate!
    ...
    My advice: Forget Rust and other C++ killers, do not waste your time and money. If you have any new and interesting ideas, do not write a new language, go to the C++ committee and propose an addition.

    Full text: quora.com

    2 votes