Re: hawkey replaced by libhif, DNF into C initiative started

[David Malcolm]

On Thu, 2016-02-25 at 12:27 -0500, Neal Gompa wrote:
>  On Thu, Feb 25, 2016 at 12:25 PM, Matthew Miller
>  <mattdm(a)fedoraproject.org&gt; wrote:
>  > On Thu, Feb 25, 2016 at 12:03:52PM -0500, David Malcolm wrote:
>  > >   "rewrite DNF in a language that can be compiled to efficient
>  > > machine
>  > > code, which doesn't require a large runtime support library, and
>  > > which
>  > > can interoperate with C".
>  > > I think I'm only semi-serious here [1], but have you considered
>  > > Rust?
>  > 
>  > Also on the same level of semi-serious: Go, because this seems to
>  > be
>  > The Language Of Choice For Container Tech, which means that Red Hat
>  > and
>  > Fedora is rapidly building up expertise. (Is Go the new Python?)
>  > 
>  > --
>  > Matthew Miller
>  > <mattdm(a)fedoraproject.org&gt;
>  > Fedora Project Leader
>  
>  At least Go now supports shared libraries and dynamic linking, though
>  I like the concepts in Rust more, language wise. Does Rust support
>  shared libraries and dynamic linking? 
I believe so; here's an example of building a shared library in Rust
and calling into it from various languages:
https://doc.rust-lang.org/book/rust-inside-other-languages.html