Allen Wyma talks with Lars Bergstrom, Director of Engineering at Google, about Google’s use of Rust within Android. Android is Google’s main mobile operating system deployed to over 3 billion devices around the world.
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Timestamps
- [@00:00] - Meet Lars Bergstrom
- [@03:06] - Updates on Android devices
- [@06:49] - Rust usage at Google and in Android development
- [@10:26] - Zig as a security-focused alternative
- [@22:52] - Native code development on Android
- [@24:56] - Comparing Rust and Go
- [@27:26] - Rust as an app development language
- [@32:12] - LLVM vs GCC
- [@40:15] - Concluding discussion
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Credits
Intro Theme: Aerocity
Audio Editing: Plangora
Hosting Infrastructure: Jon Gjengset
Show Notes: Plangora
Hosts: Allen Wyma
