[NCLUG] Some developments in Rust.

[Bob Proulx]

Brian Sturgill wrote:
> I can understand your confusion.
> Think of it as a much faster Node.js.

Do I have to think of node.js?  I really don't want to.

> Just as in the browser, you can be running more than one "process" at a
> time in the Node-like environments.
> They are working on making this a dynamic system controlled like one does
> with containers.
> This is much more lightweight than full containers, but still gives you a
> lot of the safety.
> It should be easy to see how these "apps" can be downloaded and managed
> easily for edge computing.

Okay.  It is like node.js in that it is an out of browser standalone
use of WebAssembly.  But it is better than node.js because it does not
use Javascript.  Gotcha!

> Another way of looking at this is that it makes a container-like solution
> practical on RaspberryPi Zero class machines.
> This is important for the consumer-level edge computing systems that will
> become ubiquitous in the next few years.

Depending upon what one is doing on an RPi it can work just fine.  I
prefer the Banana Pi due to the better performance.  But after the
last five years the Raspberries are catching up.

> There is this, but it's a bit skimpy on details.
> https://webassembly.org/docs/non-web/

Looks like things are still fairly early but that does indicate the
direction of development.

Thanks for the information!  That makes things much more clear.

> I will likely be looking closely at this after I get caught up from being
> sick with COVID-19, then Shingles for the last nearly 3 months.
> So sometime in 2024? :-)

Next time we meet both of us need to wear a hazmat suit, just in case
either one has a leak!  :-)

Sounds absolutely miserable.  I've known several people with shingles
and it seems truly dreadful!  Hang in there!

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