Hello,
The VirtualBox is Written in C, C++ and x86 assembly language, but a programming language like Rust-Lang became popular and a replacement for C\C++ languages. Is it possible the VirtualBox team use this language?
Thank you.
Rewritten the VirtualBox.
-
michaln
- Oracle Corporation
- Posts: 2973
- Joined: 19. Dec 2007, 15:45
- Primary OS: MS Windows 7
- VBox Version: PUEL
- Guest OSses: Any and all
- Contact:
Re: Rewritten the VirtualBox.
The first question you need to ask is: What problem would this solve?
Re: Rewritten the VirtualBox.
Faster than C\C++?michaln wrote:The first question you need to ask is: What problem would this solve?
-
mpack
- Site Moderator
- Posts: 39134
- Joined: 4. Sep 2008, 17:09
- Primary OS: MS Windows 10
- VBox Version: PUEL
- Guest OSses: Mostly XP
Re: Rewritten the VirtualBox.
That statement both doesn't answer the question, and is in any case false.
You definitely ain't gonna improve performance by moving to something like Rust. The claimed benefit of Rust is that it increases safety while maintaining performance. So even on their own claims it does not improve performance, it merely doesn't degrade it - and that claim should IMHO be taken with a liberal dose of salt.
If we assume the marketing to be accurate then the application area of this kind of language would be writing some kind of robust multitasking server OS. It wouldn't find much use writing apps for existing desktop OS's.
You definitely ain't gonna improve performance by moving to something like Rust. The claimed benefit of Rust is that it increases safety while maintaining performance. So even on their own claims it does not improve performance, it merely doesn't degrade it - and that claim should IMHO be taken with a liberal dose of salt.
If we assume the marketing to be accurate then the application area of this kind of language would be writing some kind of robust multitasking server OS. It wouldn't find much use writing apps for existing desktop OS's.