Do Gleam support compiling to Rust?

[Jerrody]

I would use Gleam for Game Engine in Rust as script language.

[lpil]

It does not, no. You could compile to JavaScript and embed a JS runtime in Rust though

[Jerrody]

It does not, no. You could compile to JavaScript and embed a JS runtime in Rust though

Is it planned to introduce compile to Rust?

[lpil]

No, Rust is a very bad compile target, there would be no particular advantages.

It would be especially bad for your use case, embedding a scripting language runtime would be much better as it's be easier to interop with and you could load code at runtime.

[inoas]

I would love to compile to rust to be able to use the rust eco system as an FFI much like I can use the Erlang one.

[lpil]

Compiling to Rust would not make it easier to use the Rust ecosystem than it already is today.

[inoas]

You mean as a NIF? OK then nvm.

[lpil]

Yes, you would need to write the same style of boilerplate even if we compiled to Rust