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1. nixCraft 🐧 (nixcraft@mastodon.social)'s status on Sunday, 24-Sep-2023 19:10:40 JST nixCraft 🐧

   Microsoft is now supporting a Rust-based platform for Windows driver development, following in the footsteps of Linux. I would like to know when Apple will decide to participate in this initiative.
   Microsoft support for Rust https://github.com/microsoft/windows-drivers-rs
   Linux support for Rust https://github.com/Rust-for-Linux/linux #linux #microsoft #infosec #security

   • Sleepy Kitty (gamercattiger@mastodon.social)'s status on Sunday, 24-Sep-2023 20:04:01 JST Sleepy Kitty

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     @nixCraft Thing's gonna get rusty and I'm gonna rust.

   • Schamschula (schamschula@mastodon.social)'s status on Sunday, 24-Sep-2023 20:13:37 JST Schamschula

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     @nixCraft So Apple will need to track (frequent) rust releases in Xcode? Good luck!
     At least the license isn't infectious, so it's not entirely impossible.

   • acb (acb@mastodon.social)'s status on Sunday, 24-Sep-2023 20:55:43 JST acb

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     @nixCraft I suspect Apple’s gambit will be to move to Swift after adding Rust-style ownership semantics