Russ Elizor: A Better Compiler

Allen Wyma talks with Lukas Wirth, member of the rust-analyzer team.

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Timestamps

• [@0:00] - Introduction
• [@1:46] - Rust Analyzer’s source of funding and history
• [@10:56] - Lukas’ contribution and work in Rust Analyzer
• [@16:01] - What is Rust Analyzer and what does it do?
• [@17:35] - Rust Analyzer diagnostics and implementation
• [@21:23] - The importance of Rust Analyzer
• [@25:36] - Rust Analyzer’s limitations
• [@32:54] - Lessons from the left-pad library issue
• [@35:20] - Difficulties with dependency version duplicates
• [@39:53] - Installing Rust Analyzer for different code editors
• [@44:29] - Rust Language Server vs Rust Analyzer
• [@51:25] - Clippy
• [@56:39] - Rust’s advantage over other languages
• [@58:08] - Parting thoughts

Credits

Intro Theme: Aerocity

Audio Editing: Plangora

Hosting Infrastructure: Jon Gjengset

Show Notes: Plangora

Hosts: Allen Wyma