Submitted via IRC for TheMightyBuzzard
Programming languages tend to polarize, and Rust is by far no exception. Whether it will stick around and grow as an alternative for the lower levels or not — time will tell. In the meantime, if you're curious about the language and its low-level abilities yourself, [phil-opp] has written a series of blog posts on building your own little bare metal kernel in Rust.
Starting from the basics, [phil-opp] describes in detail the set-up and build process to create a standalone executable that won't be linked against the Rust standard library. From here he proceeds to build a simple operating system kernel that prints a good old Hello World via VGA output — QEMU emulation included. And of course, there is a GitHub repository with all of the source code.
Source: https://hackaday.com/2018/09/08/pun-intended-bare-metal-attracts-rust/
(Score: 2) by The Mighty Buzzard on Sunday September 16 2018, @12:52AM (1 child)
They're nothing special, really. The documentation is just shittier.
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(Score: 2) by MichaelDavidCrawford on Sunday September 16 2018, @03:18AM
Compare optimizing by tallying up instruction timings in a spreadsheet to using Intel VTune on a server box.
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