Have you heard about fil-c?

It's an interesting option for infrastructure that's not performance critical.

I agree with Domen Kožar that I want an extern "fil-c" in Rust. https://domenkozar.com/2026/08/13/i-want-extern-fil-c/

	▲	actionfromafar 10 hours ago \| parent [-]
		That would be amazing. A C to Rust port could start out with Rust with only a fn main() at first, then progressively moving more and more stuff "up" from the C program into Rust, making it faster and faster.

nu11ptr 10 hours ago | parent | prev | next [-]

It is a massive accomplishment and neat tool for sure but:

1) Induces a large performance penalty

2) Introduces a GC into C code bases (higher memory requirements, performance profile changes)

3) Is x86-64 only atm I believe

An idiomatic Rust port would have none of these issues, so it would be more a stop gap measure than a long term strategy.

What about it?