This project is a continuation of the C++ CavalierContours library rewritten in Rust with the goal of building out more functionality, better documentation, and creating a stable C FFI. This project is still in early development, with no APIs yet solidified, the code is not fully tested, and some functions still need to be ported from C++. For tracking progress and contributing checkout the project GitHub issues.
- All the same benefits of using C or C++ (great performance/optimizations, native compile, no garbage collection, no run time) for creating fast portable libraries with a C FFI
- Great builtin tooling around builds and packages (cargo + crates)
- Great builtin tooling for writing and maintaining tests
- All of the great builtin tooling makes open source contribution and participation easier to facilitate
- Borrow checker + lifetimes allow for more advanced memory allocation optimizations without the risk of memory errors/corruption bugs
- Type system allows for leaning heavily on threads/concurrency without the risk of memory errors/corruption bugs
- Discriminated unions and pattern matching as first class language features
- Great tooling for targeting wasm
I recommend the official rust book here. Visual Studio Code + rust-analyzer extension work great for editing. If you're looking for something specific to work on check the project issues labeled good first issue.
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