System Programming

• Fine control over:
• Memory allocations and layout: means no forced garbage collector and object management
• Hardware access: threading and execution
• Allow to control performance at any level
• Allow the programmer control over generated machine code and flow
• Let's program everything in assembly!
• NOT...

Languages

• We need a staticly typed, compiled language
• Go: Has basic types, very limited generics, and GC
• Java: Has memory management, generics, and GC
• C: Too basic for our needs
• C++: It is well established, has many advantages, but carries a lot of design baggage to the detriment that people often revert back to C
• Rust: Let's consider it then! But compare it with what we know

Questions?

Thanks,

Dan Aloni | @DanAloni