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> Rust cannot compile itself. This seems worth fixing. I think this is his main point. There is also the bigger question if and why the core utilities should
by yalogin 7y ago
> Rust cannot compile itself.
This seems worth fixing. I think this is his main point.
There is also the bigger question if and why the core utilities should be re-written in Rust. Given that safety is the main value proposition of rust it may be makes sense, but it’s a much bigger discussion.
- cbaines 7y agoI've heard about this from the Guix context: https://guix.gnu.org/blog/2018/bootstrapping-rust/ https://guix.gnu.org/blog/2018/bootstrapping-rust/
- tomku 7y agoThe "on i386" part that you stripped out when quoting is actually the important bit. Rust does not care about having a self-hosting 32-bit x86 toolchain, while the lack of one is a deal-breaker for OpenBSD.