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A rewrite automatically makes things worse because you start with no code. I figure it's one of the signs of programmer maturity, that you start to look askanc
by JulianMorrison 11y ago
A rewrite automatically makes things worse because you start with no code.
I figure it's one of the signs of programmer maturity, that you start to look askance at rewrites. So tempting, yet so rarely even finished let alone better.
- DannoHung 11y agoIn the case of Rust I don't believe this is 100% true given C ABI compatibility. You could start rewriting in such a way that it is integrated with the existing code and slowly, but surely tease the C out of the system.
- JulianMorrison 11y agoIt would for the longest time be a C program with a metastasizing wart of Rust hung off the side, impossible to get into, impossible to work with, debugging hell, compilation hell. The distros would weep.
- pcwalton 11y agoPrograms written in multiple languages are not exactly a new thing. Every iOS and Mac app is one, just to name one example. And Firefox has a good chance to become exactly what you describe with the weird cancer analogy--in fact, the nightly builds already are.