[NCLUG] Some developments in Rust.

[Brian Sturgill]

Last week at Microsoft Build, Microsoft openly started pushing developers
to Rust.
It has long been known that Microsoft had a language called Verona which
was often described as a Rust variant. Microsoft made it completely clear
that the way forward was Rust and encouraged all to begin working with the
language.

Here's a talk with details:
Microsoft's Safe Systems Programming Languages Effort
https://mybuild.microsoft.com/sessions/61de34c5-b111-4ece-928f-541854875862?source=sessions

Another big new area with Rust is its generation of WASM (Web Assembly
Language).
Microsoft is also heavily into that:
https://www.zdnet.com/article/microsoft-why-we-used-programming-language-rust-over-go-for-webassembly-on-kubernetes-app/

The reason is interesting... modern container approaches are rather heavy
weight. WASM, designed to run independent programs in a single browser, is
a good lightweight alternative to a container.

A good place to start is:
https://www.rust-lang.org/what/wasm

https://www.alibabacloud.com/blog/using-webassembly-and-kubernetes-in-combination_596177


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Brian