[erlang-questions] Erlang VM in Rust

[Dmytro Lytovchenko]

I tried to begin once.

Here's the catch:

   - Rust had no unions at the time of my experiments (added in 1.19 - July
   2017)
   - Rust has no bit fields (some libraries exist trying to alleviate this)
   - Erlang process heap is created and maintained by abusing pointers and
   bits in them. Casting integers to pointers and back i believe is possible
   but will give you some pain.
   - A really fast VM loop is done using C/C++ goto (void*) extension, in
   Rust you will probably have to use old good switch/case (slower)

When you overcome these base problems, it should be possible to proceed
carefully :)

2017-09-12 22:10 GMT+02:00 austin aigbe <eshikafe@REDACTED>:

> Hello,
>
> Any consideration for implementing the Erlang VM in Rust?
>
> Regards,
> Austin
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