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Roto: A Compiled Scripting Language for Rust

by Team NLnet Labs blog.nlnetlabs.nl published 2025-05-213 min read

By Terts Diepraam We are working on an embedded scripting language for Rust. This language, called Roto, aims to be a simple yet fast and reliable scripting language for Rust applications. The need for Roto comes from Rotonda, our BGP engine written in Rust. Mature BGP applications usually feature some

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