[teunispeters]

embedded hardware, any processor Rust doesn't support (there are many), and any place where code size is critical. Rust has a BIG base size for an application, uselessly so at this time. I'd also love to see if it offered anything that could be any use in those spaces - especially where no memory allocation takes place at all. C (and to a lesser extent C++) are both very good in those spaces.

[steveklabnik]

You can absolutely make small rust programs, you just have to actually configure things the right way. Additionally, the Rust language doesn’t have allocation at all, it’s purely a library concern. If you don’t want heap allocations, then don’t include them. It works well.

The smallest binary rustc has produced is like ~145 bytes.

[teunispeters]

That is far from my only concern. But it's good to see Rust is finally paying attention to binary sizes. And the overwhelming complexity of rust code is definitely not a gain when one is working in embedded spaces anyway. I am however really REALLY annoyed with the aggressive sales tactics of the rust community.

[steveklabnik]

> But it's good to see Rust is finally paying attention to binary sizes.

Just to be clear, this isn't a recent development, it has been this way for many years at this point.