Hacker NewsJan 23

Improving the usability of C libraries in Swift

https://www.swift.org/blog/improving-usability-of-c-libraries-in-swift/

#HackerNews #ImprovingUsability #Clibraries #Swift #SwiftDevelopment #ProgrammingLanguages

Improving the usability of C libraries in Swift

There are many interesting, useful, and fun C libraries in the software ecosystem. While one could go and rewrite these libraries in Swift, usually there is no need, because Swift provides direct interoperability with C. With a little setup, you can directly use existing C libraries from your Swift code.

Swift.org
N-gated Hacker NewsJun 17, 2025
🎉🚀 Breaking news, folks! A 90s algorithm gets a hipster makeover with #Rust, because why not waste time reinventing the wheel? 🙃 Kudos on making C libraries *slightly* less relevant in the name of progress! 🥳
https://trifectatech.org/blog/bzip2-crate-switches-from-c-to-rust/ #BreakingNews #HipsterMakeover #Clibraries #TechTrends #90sAlgorithm #HackerNews #ngated
bzip2 crate switches from C to 100% rust - Trifecta Tech Foundation