getrandom
A small cross-platform library for retrieving random data from (operating) system source (by rust-random)
ziglings
Learn the Zig programming language by fixing tiny broken programs. (by ratfactor)
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| getrandom | ziglings | |
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| 8 | 36 | |
| 254 | 4,098 | |
| 2.0% | - | |
| 7.0 | 8.1 | |
| 12 days ago | 2 months ago | |
| Rust | Zig | |
| Apache License 2.0 | MIT License |
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Stars - the number of stars that a project has on GitHub. Growth - month over month growth in stars.
Activity is a relative number indicating how actively a project is being developed. Recent commits have higher weight than older ones.
For example, an activity of 9.0 indicates that a project is amongst the top 10% of the most actively developed projects that we are tracking.
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Posts with mentions or reviews of getrandom.
We have used some of these posts to build our list of alternatives
and similar projects. The last one was on 2023-03-11.
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We have getrandom at home
The crypto source in Go is great, no complaints there. Lints like gosec even recommend using it when generating crypto entropy. Go did a good job here, and I expect Rust will do the same sometime after getrandom reaches 1.0 so the API questions are settled, plus whatever makes sense for the future-proofing the standard library needs.
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Fellow Rust enthusiasts: What "sucks" about Rust?
I would wait for the getrandom crate to reach 1.0, which will answer many of the questions around what an API like this can look like, and then maybe the standard library discussion will be on firmer footing because at least we'll know what API we want to immortalize. Rushing that now just to save people importing a small crate does not seem to be the way to go.
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Introduction to Random Number Generation in Rust
I'd caution against using /dev/random directly, and instead recommend using getrandom. It's effectively the same thing on Haiku and Redox, but is cross-platform and will upgrade to better sources on various platforms as available (such as using the getrandom() call on Linux and Android, or getentropy() on macOs, if avaialable).
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Alea: fast and easy random number generation in Rust
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Why I rewrote my Rust keyboard firmware in Zig: consistency, mastery, and fun
It's a default, but overwritable behavior, see the #[path] attribute. You still have to create N files for each supported platform, but at the top level you will see only one module. On of the crates which uses this approach in practice is getrandom.
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String, Vec<T>, Box<T>, Rc<T>... could be moved from alloc to core
IIUC the main problem which prevents from moving HashMap & co to alloc is lack of API to get system entropy which is required for DOS protection. Ideally we would have a #[global_allocator]-like functionality for retrieving system entropy. Relevant issue: https://github.com/rust-random/getrandom/issues/21
ziglings
Posts with mentions or reviews of ziglings.
We have used some of these posts to build our list of alternatives
and similar projects. The last one was on 2023-10-08.
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Roadmap to master zig
Master syntax - language possibilities, so that you can read code. Ziglings (or github) does great job teaching it!
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Problems of C, and how Zig addresses them
I am interested to learn, how Traits in Rust and Interfaces in Go behave differently from this concept.
[1] https://github.com/ratfactor/ziglings/blob/main/exercises/09...
- Learning how to use the Zig build system.
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What's the reasoning behind the iguana mascot, and why is Zig specifically named so?
Is Zero the space lizard (dinosaur?) with the hammer in the picture in Ziglings' readme? (I like this guy)
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List of wanted examples?
Yesterday someone introduced me to ziglings, do you mean that? https://github.com/ratfactor/ziglings/tree/main/exercises
- Looking for feedback on new Ziglings Exercise 101 (multi-object 'for' loops and data-oriented design)
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Curious noob peeks memory and wants to understand it 😅
Hi! I am learning zig through the Ziglings repo. I was messing around exercise 54 where it shows how you can create a pointer to many items instead of a slice:
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What “sucks” about Zig?
Also, https://github.com/ratfactor/ziglings if you missed it.
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Ask reddit: What learning resources have taught you the most about zig?
Along with ziglearn, I also found ziglings useful.
- Bun v0.5
What are some alternatives?
When comparing getrandom and ziglings you can also consider the following projects:
nanorand-rs - A tiny, fast, zero-dep library for random number generation
awesome-zig
pollster - A minimal async executor that lets you block on a future
Rustlings - :crab: Small exercises to get you used to reading and writing Rust code!
rust-delegate - Rust method delegation with less boilerplate
zig - General-purpose programming language and toolchain for maintaining robust, optimal, and reusable software.
gosec - Go security checker
nrf-hal - A Rust HAL for the nRF family of devices
dislike-in-rust - A list of the few things I don't like about rust
rust-koans - Koans for the Rust programming language
rand - A Rust library for random number generation.
xtensa-zig - Zig built against xtensa fork of LLVM for targetting ESP32