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Aren't apps, core system components et al built in C++? That was my impression.

For some reason, Apple seems reluctant about using Rust on their operating systems.

HarmonyOS Next (which I guess is 5). A chinese guy I met at the airport showed to me very proudly how amazing Chinese-made tech was. I will say the software looked polished enough and surprisingly good, yet it felt totally just like a hard android-based OS (which I bet it is).

Some might argue that the software has enough changes in it to be considered a distinct OS, but I'd rather just call it a hard fork as I had the impression that this was a more accurate depiction of what's really going on behind the scenes.

Having used HarmonyOS, it feels totally like Android. Even the back buttom behavior and the app lifecycle feels the same.

Some might argue that this is intentional, but to me, this more likely shows that HarmonyOS is just a hard fork of Android without sources released and, likely, with their own virtual machine implementation (ARK instead of ART).

Had to editorilize the title a bit for it to fit into the 80-character limit.

Be as sarcastic as you want. This is a feeling many developers probably share.

Linux definitely allows it.

Oh, that's something I know, of course.

I just wonder what are the advantages of using a language that is not memory-safe and it's not even stable yet...

Edit: If there's any technical reason. Of course, being a hobby project, the author is free to pick whatever he feels is most ergonomic/he likes the most.

Maybe you could help me a bit here.

How does this compare to Rust?

I still fail to see where does Zig make a difference vs. Rust. What's the usefulness of the project here...

The moment I read "Needing two of the most famous non-Linux operating systems for the layman to sanely develop programs for Linux systems" I knew this comment would be a big pile of unfactual backed opinions.

So what about the AI part that has been mentioned by several outlets?

I don't think the issue is about the developers being Chinese at all.

I think the problem comes mainly from the CCP having direct power to pressure the developers.

In any case, I have to say Chinese tech has surely evolved impressively.

Why the focus on Risc-V when the Power architecture already has high-performance cores? Genuine questions.

This is super cool! Good job!

Would love to see a shell working on it.

Any idea of hardware requirements?

Why is it not as good as EDIT.COM?

The clean separation between Unsafe and Safe rust is precisely, IMO, one of its biggest advantages (and the reason why it'll be superior to almost anything C++ comes up with).

It may, or may not sound convincing. It's true that some things cannot be undone, and we may feel regret or remorse for them. Still, there's a path for healing and liberation by understanding under which circumstances and which assumptions you took that decission, understanding that sometimes life is hard, and that you're worth it.

I don't know this specific case though, and I guess neither do you. If the parent comment wants to come back with some details, I'll reflect on it.

I don't know what's going on in your specific case but:

1. It's never out of time, for sure. If you want to make a specific change, study the pros/cons and decide whether to do it or not! But you can for sure make the change you want to.

2. Don't fall into the trap of idealizing a life you don't have. The grass is significantly less green than you might think at the other side of the fence.

Surprisingly, it seems this project just supports Spir-V and PTX, but not DXIL or AMDGCN.

I say surprisingly, because I'd expect Rust support to be more mature than Zig's.

It's heavily rumored it was Japan.

https://x.com/Nihonpolitics/status/1910096159835594786?t=RWB...

Oh, you seem to be right.

But isn't Swift lower-performing than C, C++ or Rust?

Low-level code is being written in Rust. Of course userspace doesn't require low-level languages (and I don't quite get why C and C++ are exposed to the userspace and Rust is not).

Swift is not a replacemente for C and C++, but rather for Objective-C.

Do you have any sources for those claims?

I'm a bit disappointed at the lack of interest Apple seems to have on Rust, given their focus on performance, UX and security.

Because it's source based and there's probably a ton of compilation in the background

Doesn't NixOS hog on your hardware?

I was about to reply to you saying that it was just Azure moving to Rust, but I can see I was wrong.

Good job MS! I hope Apple follows suit soon.

They seem to be running some kind of Android version and the manufacturer is in Shenzen. The robot is called Bellabot by Pudu.

I've seen plenty of these, even in some Sushi restaurants here in Spain. Who's the manufacturer? Any idea of the software stack running behind?

Yeah. Basically, for most intents and purposes, any high-end MSDOS application is basically running bare-metal, as if no OS was installed in the system at all.

As close to the embedded world as possible.

I don't understand why is there so little documentation about MSDOS as a real-time operating system. I'd bet it would work beautifully for any piece of software that was developed with such use-case in mind.