I love that espressif has managed to port llvm, port rust, and now port their ecosystem to rust. It’s quite amazing. Were their customers asking for rust? Was this an internal thing? Would be amazing to know
I don't think this project specifically is the work of Espressif, but rather a community effort. Not sure about the other things you mentioned.
This is infact work of Espressif, i am an employee. Libraries of esp-rs are maintained and developed by both Espressif employees and community members.
Any chance you could remark on the motivations for this?
I cannot at the moment, it's related to an internal project that is not yet public.