<story><title>Improving Interoperability Between Rust and C++</title><url>https://security.googleblog.com/2024/02/improving-interoperability-between-rust-and-c.html</url></story><parent_chain><item><author>digdugdirk</author><text>It blows my mind that Google is celebrating a 1 million dollar grant to something that serves as a cornerstone of every aspect of the future of their business.&lt;p&gt;$1 mil is less than a rounding error for an organization like that. I&amp;#x27;d love to know how much they&amp;#x27;ve burned on the numerous projects that occupy their product graveyard, and imagine a future where that was devoted to the growth and education surrounding core language development in every language - Rust, Go, C++, Python, etc.</text></item></parent_chain><comment><author>sho_hn</author><text>I don&amp;#x27;t know if you have much experience running non-profits, but giving an overly large one-time grant to an org which isn&amp;#x27;t necessarily prepared for it can be a fairly bad idea and often leads to the org doing mad yo-yo things and ending up penniless.&lt;p&gt;Spending money requires a certain amount of structure and process, and it takes a while to adapt to a money windfall. Going from a little money to a lot changes an org very significantly.&lt;p&gt;Granted, I also haven&amp;#x27;t looked much into the Rust Foundation, but I&amp;#x27;m going to assume a $1 mio is significant for them. Google can always donate more down the road when the investment pays off and is digested usefully.&lt;p&gt;(Edit: The Rust Foundation had an income of $2.89 mio in 2022 and $2.56 mio in 2023 according to their annual reports. $1 mio sounds about right for what they should be able to usefully handle, from the gut.)</text></comment>
<story><title>Improving Interoperability Between Rust and C++</title><url>https://security.googleblog.com/2024/02/improving-interoperability-between-rust-and-c.html</url></story><parent_chain><item><author>digdugdirk</author><text>It blows my mind that Google is celebrating a 1 million dollar grant to something that serves as a cornerstone of every aspect of the future of their business.&lt;p&gt;$1 mil is less than a rounding error for an organization like that. I&amp;#x27;d love to know how much they&amp;#x27;ve burned on the numerous projects that occupy their product graveyard, and imagine a future where that was devoted to the growth and education surrounding core language development in every language - Rust, Go, C++, Python, etc.</text></item></parent_chain><comment><author>steveklabnik</author><text>&amp;gt; something that serves as a cornerstone of every aspect of the future of their business.&lt;p&gt;I think it&amp;#x27;s great that Google has been embracing Rust, but this feels hyperbolic to me.</text></comment>