Perhaps we can finally stop defining abis in terms of c structs!

qwm · 2025-12-11T15:35:24 1765467324

If only Rust had a spec to do that with

steveklabnik · 2025-12-11T18:00:02 1765476002

It's being worked on! https://github.com/rust-lang/rfcs/pull/3470

sophacles · 2025-12-11T17:45:46 1765475146

I don't think they should be defined in terms of any programming language. They should be defined in terms of the architecture - bits, bytes, words and instructions, along with semantics of use. Like we do with networking protocols and file formats.