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* Application Services, client-side | * Application Services, client-side | ||
** [https://github.com/mozilla/application-services/tree/master/components various sync-related components used on iOS and Fenix], includes a cross-compiled FxA Rust client, and storage/syncing of bookmarks, history, logins, tabs and webextensions data. | ** [https://github.com/mozilla/application-services/tree/master/components various sync-related components used on iOS and Fenix], includes a cross-compiled FxA Rust client, and storage/syncing of bookmarks, history, logins, tabs and webextensions data. | ||
* [https://github.com/mozilla/fix-stacks/ fix-stacks], a stack frame symbolizer: {{bug|1596292}} | |||
** '''Why Rust?''' High performance needed, a single implementation can replace multiple platform-specific scripts, and we can use the [https://github.com/getsentry/symbolic/ symbolic] crate to do all the hard parts. | |||
=== In Progress === | === In Progress === | ||
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* IPDL Parser: {{bug|1316754}} | * IPDL Parser: {{bug|1316754}} | ||
** '''Why Rust?''' Rust is a much better language than Python for writing compilers, due to strong typing, algebraic data types, and pattern matching. | ** '''Why Rust?''' Rust is a much better language than Python for writing compilers, due to strong typing, algebraic data types, and pattern matching. | ||
= Blockers and obstacles = | = Blockers and obstacles = | ||