[Info-vax] Rust as a HS language, was: Re: Quiet?

[Arne Vajhøj]

On 4/7/2022 12:27 PM, Dan Cross wrote:
> In article <t2n2u6$3jv$1 at gioia.aioe.org>,
> chris  <chris-nospam at tridac.net> wrote:
>> The basic idea of a language as close as possible to the bare
>> metal, yet with enough capability for serious high level work,
>> with layered design, is as close to an ideal language as
>> anyone could wish for. Tricky language indeed ?, rofl...
> 
> The "C is close to the hardware" thing hasn't been true a long
> time now.
> 
> https://queue.acm.org/detail.cfm?id=3212479

That is a rather unusual definition of close to HW.

A way more common definition is that the language can
actually directly access HW.

Work with memory mapped devices etc.. And C typical
does that great. C pointers can for good or worse
point anywhere. Totally platform specific code,
but it does it on Linux, Windows, VMS etc..

Additionally close to HW may imply that not too
much is happening under the hood.

Arne