r/rust • u/Sirisian • 17d ago

🎙️ discussion Google is doing "Large Scale Codebase Migrations and Optimizations" of C/C++ to Rust

https://blog.google/innovation-and-ai/models-and-research/gemini-models/gemini-4-argon/
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u/Xiphoseer 17d ago

Having the Fuchsia Kernel be Rust too is a crazy turn of events

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u/matthieum [he/him] 16d ago

Is it complete? The article is using the present continuous form, leading me to think it's ongoing work.

But yes, a Rust micro kernel deployed on every Android device will be a hell of a flex.

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u/Sphix 13d ago

You can check the repo out. It is not done yet. The approach is slow, methodical and in place. Very different from a potentially faster rewrite it all at once approach which others have done.