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

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