Currently, Rust cannot go without its runtime either. The plan is that it eventu...

mseepgood · on April 3, 2013

Neither Go nor Rust have a VM.

steveklabnik · on April 3, 2013

Yes, I meant 'runtime.' That's what I get for commenting without coffee... the parent's usage of 'VM' infected my comment.

abraininavat · on April 3, 2013

The plan is that it eventually will be able to.

To expand upon that point, Rust is designed to allow the programmer to avoid garbage collection altogether, if the programmer chooses. I believe that makes feasible the idea of using a runtime-less subset of Rust in any application where C would have been traditionally used.

pcwalton · on April 3, 2013

Yes, you can use a freestanding Rust in many domains. Freestanding is still a WIP, but we have examples like embedding Rust in Ruby that work today:

http://brson.github.com/2013/03/10/embedding-rust-in-ruby/