Share of programming languages used by #GTK3 / #GTK4 applications (2025-12-13):

30% #Python
20% #Rust
19% #Vala
17% #C
6% #gjs #Javascript #Typescript
5% #C++ #Cplusplus
1% #Go
1% #Csharp
2% Other: #Lua #Swift #Kotlin #Perl #Haskell #Crystal #D #Scheme #Clojurescript

71% use GTK4 (92% of them #libadwaita), still 29% GTK3

Method: Source [1] lists 800 awesome #gtk (3/4) #opensource applications and their #programminglanguage

[1] https://github.com/valpackett/awesome-gtk
#GTK #FLOSS #Linux #Gnome
@GTK @gnome

CPython core developers are considering introducing Rust to the codebase. A lot of them are in favor, including Guido.

“Rust will initially only be allowed for writing optional extension modules, but eventually will become a required dependency of CPython and allowed to be used throughout the CPython code base.”

https://discuss.python.org/t/pre-pep-rust-for-cpython/104906

#rustlang #python #riir

🦀 I've improved the implementation behind all the string formatting macros in Rust: println!(), panic!(), format!(), write!(), log::info!(), and so on. (That is, everything based on format_args!().) They will compile a bit faster, use a bit less memory while compiling, result in smaller binaries, and produce more efficient code! 🎉

'Hello world' compiles 3% faster and a few bigger projects like Ripgrep and Cargo compile 1.5% to 2% faster. And those binaries are roughly 2% smaller. 🎊

This change will be available in Rust Nightly tomorrow, and should ship as part of Rust 1.93.0 in January.

#rustlang

it'a #nix world!

#nixos #meme

Faster linking times with 1.90.0 stable on Linux using the LLD linker, https://blog.rust-lang.org/2025/09/01/rust-lld-on-1.90.0-stable/.

tl;dr: rustc will start using the LLD linker by default on the `x86_64-unknown-linux-gnu` target starting with the next stable release (1.90.0, scheduled for 2025-09-18), which should significantly reduce linking times.

#RustLang #linker

I wrote up some real-world trade-offs for using sccache for accelerating #rustlang project development.

On the whole, it's pretty useful, but it's no miracle worker!

https://brokenco.de/2025/08/25/sccache-is-pretty-okay.html