{"id":888,"date":"2024-06-25T16:00:26","date_gmt":"2024-06-25T16:00:26","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/fde.cat\/index.php\/2024\/06\/25\/the-key-to-a-happy-rust-c-relationship\/"},"modified":"2024-06-25T16:00:26","modified_gmt":"2024-06-25T16:00:26","slug":"the-key-to-a-happy-rust-c-relationship","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/fde.cat\/index.php\/2024\/06\/25\/the-key-to-a-happy-rust-c-relationship\/","title":{"rendered":"The key to a happy Rust\/C++ relationship"},"content":{"rendered":"

The history of Rust at Meta<\/a> goes all the way back to 2016, when we first started using it for source control. Today, it has been widely embraced at Meta and is one of our primary supported server-side languages<\/a> (along with C++, Python, and Hack).<\/p>\n

But that doesn\u2019t mean there weren\u2019t any growing pains.<\/p>\n

Aida G., a member of one of Meta\u2019s first Rust teams, joins Pascal Hartig (@passy<\/a>) on the latest Meta Tech Podcast to dive into the challenges of getting Rust to interact with Meta\u2019s large amount of existing C++ code.<\/p>\n

Fortunately, the release of cxx, safe interop between C++, and even async Rust have made things a lot easier.<\/p>\n

Download or listen to the episode below:<\/p>\n\n

You can also find the episode wherever you get your podcasts, including:<\/p>\n

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The\u00a0Meta Tech Podcast<\/a>\u00a0is a podcast, brought to you by Meta, where we highlight the work Meta\u2019s engineers are doing at every level \u2013 from low-level frameworks to end-user features.<\/p>\n

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The post The key to a happy Rust\/C++ relationship<\/a> appeared first on Engineering at Meta<\/a>.<\/p>\n

Engineering at Meta<\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

The history of Rust at Meta goes all the way back to 2016, when we first started using it for source control. Today, it has been widely embraced at Meta and is one of our primary supported server-side languages (along with C++, Python, and Hack). But that doesn\u2019t mean there weren\u2019t any growing pains. 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