C2Rust with Stephen Crane

Allen Wyma talks with Stephen Crane, CTO of Immunant, who is working on C2Rust, a library that transpiles C99-compliant C code into unsafe Rust. Contributing to Rustacean Station Rustacean Station is a community project; get in touch with us if you’d like to suggest an idea for an episode or offer your services as a host or audio editor! Twitter: @rustaceanfm Discord: Rustacean Station Github: @rustacean-station Email: [email protected] Timestamps [@00:00] - C2Rust Introduction [@01:50] - How C2Rust works and its goal as a transpiler [@05:49] - Transpilers vs compilers [@12:30] - Unstructured control flow vs structured control flow [@16:32] - The process of transforming C to Rust projects [@19:15] - Parsing C code correctly [@22:13] - The importance of compiler flags on interpreting C Code [@28:45] - C++ vs C [@38:50] - When you should you look at using C2Rust [@45:04] - The best way to run your tests in Rust [@48:15] - Projects that are currently using C2Rust [@50:29] - Improving the usability and safety of the output of rust code [@53:55] - Parting thoughts Credits Intro Theme: Aerocity Audio Editing: Plangora Hosting Infrastructure: Jon Gjengset Show Notes: Plangora Hosts: Allen Wyma