Google: new code increasingly written in ‘memory safe’ languages like Rust
Google expects to increasingly use 'memory safe' programming languages like Rust for its code. In widely used -and now decades old- languages like C and C++, bugs caused by errors in memory management are commonplace. However, these languages are so ubiquitous that it makes more sense to transition... Read more
Rust Foundation launches grants for developers
The new Community Grants Program provides Rust developers with financial support for projects that benefit the programming language.
The Rust Foundation hopes to stimulate the development of apps that showcase Rust's potential. The new grant program is supported by major tech companies, includi... Read more
Community Grants program 2022 launched by the Rust Foundation
The Rust Foundation is offering assistance to its people with its Community Grant Program 2022. Applications open on April 1st, 2022.
The big guns like AWS, Google, and Huawei have allocated the Rust Community Grants Program budget for 2022, amounting to $625,000. The Community Grants Program wi... Read more
Facebook wants to take Rust programming language mainstream
Facebook has become part of the Rust Foundation, an organization promoting the use of the Rust programming language. Facebook joins companies like Huawei, Mozilla, Microsoft, Google, and Amazon Web Services. Facebook is the latest tech giant to push for the use of Rust.
The language was initiall... Read more