Rust/C Interop for Maintainers: Headers, Memory, Callbacks, and Build Scripts

A practical two-hour session on Rust/C Interop for Maintainers, focused on Headers, Memory, Callbacks, and Build Scripts. Rust is used as the implementation context while the core lesson stays on software engineering fundamentals, reliability, testing, and operational clarity.

Audience: entry-level and intermediate developers who want a practical engineering session, not a language tour.

Outcomes:

• Explain the practical boundaries of Rust/C Interop for Maintainers
• Apply Headers in a small working example
• Apply Memory in a small working example
• Apply Callbacks in a small working example

Format: two hours with a short framing walkthrough, a concrete example, discussion of tradeoffs, and a closing checklist for practice.