Evan Ovadia proposes an ambitious project to build a programming language with seamless Rust interoperability, eliminating the traditional C ABI bottlenecks for cross-language generics, memory safety, and linear types. The 'Golden Spike' metaphor references the 1869 railroad completion, symbolizing the joining of two previously separate compiler systems.
Background
Cross-language interop has long been a pain point in systems programming, with C ABI being the universal but limited bridge. This post announces the start of work on a compiler that can talk to rustc directly.
- Source
- Lobsters
- Published
- Sep 17, 2026 at 11:10 PM
- Score
- 8.0 / 10