Is There a Standard a P in the Standard Library?

Allen Wyma talks with Tyler Mandry, lead on Rust Async Working Group. Rust Async Working Group is focused around implementation/design of the “foundations” for Async I/O.

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Timestamps

• [@0:10] - Async Working Group introduction
• [@3:08] - Async progress over the past few years
• [@5:16] - The Fuchsia operating system and its goals
• [@6:19] - How much of Fushia is written in Rust?
• [@8:16] - The experience of using Rust in Fuchsia so far
• [@17:29] - Why are async runtimes not compatible with each other, and how might it be solved?
• [@23:06] - How does the working group handle feedback?
• [@25:33] - What’s the most important issue the working group is working on?
• [@32:45] - Different types of async runtimes
• [@34:36] - Turning synchronous into async
• [@39:36] - How did Tyler go from async C++ to async Rust?
• [@47:14] - Tyler’s code and documentation writing
• [@54:21] - Where to connect with Tyler

Other Resources

• Tyler’s Blog

Credits

Intro Theme: Aerocity

Audio Editing: Plangora

Hosting Infrastructure: Jon Gjengset

Show Notes: Plangora

Hosts: Allen Wyma