I wonder if Haiku could become the foundation for a new os. Haiku but based on Rust. It would be a match made in heaven, Haiku's secret sauce is the asyncness of the API. This was doable in C++ however Rust and haiku are a wombo combo!
> Rustc memory usage on Linux is also high, but it never runs out of memory. I would like to figure out the cause of this issue.<p>Strange. I hope this isn't simply a case of wildly over-committing memory and getting away with it on Linux. But then I guess the bsd folks would have is yes too?
For others who like me have a hard time keeping track of which OS is what...<p>"Haiku is an open-source operating system that specifically targets personal computing. Inspired by the BeOS, Haiku is fast, simple to use, easy to learn and yet very powerful."<p>From: <a href="https://www.haiku-os.org/" rel="nofollow">https://www.haiku-os.org/</a>
This is exciting -- Rust has already shown great results through its implementation in Firefox (made me dump Chrome for Quantum)[0], so building a whole new operating system using the language makes perfect sense -- a great test bed for the language, imo.<p>And given the fact that Haiku OS team's goal is to build a 'unified' and well-fused OS for personal use [1], using a single language should greatly help with reducing complexity and improving robustness.<p>[0] <a href="https://hacks.mozilla.org/2017/11/entering-the-quantum-era-how-firefox-got-fast-again-and-where-its-going-to-get-faster/" rel="nofollow">https://hacks.mozilla.org/2017/11/entering-the-quantum-era-h...</a>
[1] <a href="https://www.haiku-os.org/about/faq#what-is-haiku" rel="nofollow">https://www.haiku-os.org/about/faq#what-is-haiku</a>