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What's the argument against possible Rust porting of Postgres? Because of the interop ease, it's not hard to imagine a multi-year peicemeal rewrite. Postgres'
by rtpg 10y ago
What's the argument against possible Rust porting of Postgres?
Because of the interop ease, it's not hard to imagine a multi-year peicemeal rewrite. Postgres' code has some pretty good idioms that could be nicely encoded in Rust, and a good separation of concerns
- jeffdavis 10y agoThe biggest argument against it is falling into the "pure technical" trap. Postgres has a great focus on solving real problems for real people. Losing that focus would be a disaster.
- coldtea 10y ago>What's the argument against possible Rust porting of Postgres? That's putting the cart before the horse. The right question is: a) What's the argument in favor of porting Postgres to Rust? and b) What's the opportunity cost?