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One point is that the rewrite itself costs developer time that could be spent on something else. Aside from that, rewriting something in C++ based on code in a
by grumdan 7y ago
One point is that the rewrite itself costs developer time that could be spent on something else.
Aside from that, rewriting something in C++ based on code in a higher-level language with better abstractions might cost additional developer time, maintainability, and quality.
- staticassertion 7y ago> One point is that the rewrite itself costs developer time that could be spent on something else. But they're already advocating for a rewrite, just within the same language.
- stcredzero 7y agoI thought someone was also advocating for rewriting something in a managed language with GC to a language like Rust.