Allen Wyma talks with Stephen Crane, CTO of Immunant, who is working on C2Rust, a library that transpiles C99-compliant C code into unsafe Rust.
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Timestamps* [@00:00] - C2Rust Introduction * [@01:50] - How C2Rust works and its goal as a transpiler * [@05:49] - Transpilers vs compilers * [@12:30] - Unstructured control flow vs structured control flow * [@16:32] - The process of transforming C to Rust projects * [@19:15] - Parsing C code correctly * [@22:13] - The importance of compiler flags on interpreting C Code * [@28:45] - C++ vs C * [@38:50] - When you should you look at using C2Rust * [@45:04] - The best way to run your tests in Rust * [@48:15] - Projects that are currently using C2Rust * [@50:29] - Improving the usability and safety of the output of rust code * [@53:55] - Parting thoughts
CreditsIntro Theme: Aerocity
Audio Editing: Plangora
Hosting Infrastructure: Jon Gjengset
Show Notes: Plangora
Hosts: Allen Wyma