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The author proposes creating a Rust FFI that interfaces with Fil-C, a system that recompiles C/C++ code with runtime memory safety checks and garbage collection, rather than relying on unsafe C libraries. This approach would allow developers to use Rust for compile-time safety while maintaining legacy C code as a safe but performance-penalized option, with the incentive to rewrite performance-critical paths in Rust where safety checks become static. The infrastructure for this is partially in place through filnix, a Nix packaging system that treats Fil-C as a compilation platform, and Zig is pursuing a similar solution with its proposed fil ABI.
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