Post #2886586
2025-02-04 01:03 UTC
@thibault@mastodon.online
FreeType renders glyphs from fonts. HarfBuzz determines what glyphs you want to render & how to position them. The latter can be very complicated and language-dependent.
I am sure you know this (and likely better than I do), but for other readers… Rust is much more secure than C++ by default, so a lot of core system libraries are moving to Rust. There are also other advantages for maintenance and stability (though gosh, is compile time ever slower for Rust!).
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@tphinney@typo.social 2025-02-04 01:11
@thibault@mastodon.online ... these advantages are why Microsoft is migrating to Rust as well. I expect core libraries are their top priority, but just in general. https://www.techzine.eu/news/devops/116080/microsoft-continues-push-to-switch-code-over-to-rust/