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This repository will be used to gather unconference topics and facilitate voting on topics for the NumFOCUS 2024 Project Summit.
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Rust for Scientific Software (or not?) #17

Open eteq opened 2 months ago

eteq commented 2 months ago

Rust as a language has had a lot of energy lately in part due to the push for "memory-safe" languages, and in part because it's just a neat language to work with (IMHO). But it's also focused on systems programming, which makes it less immediately attractive to some scientific users who prefer higher-level languages. How should we/should we bridge that gap? Is it really worth thinking about or should we focus on higher-level languages like Python? Discuss.

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eteq commented 2 months ago

Should not be scheduled in parallel with #14, as there's a lot of overlap between rust and webassembly.

MSanKeys963 commented 2 months ago

Thanks for proposing the topic, @eteq!

This is scheduled in Garage Hub. Starts @ 17:00.

Check the schedule here: https://www.nfsummit24.com/schedule.