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One thing that might help to improve overall qmail code quality (even though it's already written by a genius of our time) is to rewrite qmail in Rust[1]. [1]
by xvilka 6y ago
One thing that might help to improve overall qmail code quality (even though it's already written by a genius of our time) is to rewrite qmail in Rust[1].
[1] https://github.com/notqmail/notqmail/issues/115 https://github.com/notqmail/notqmail/issues/115
- peterwwillis 6y agoThe only way that could improve the quality is for DJB to rewrite it in Rust. If anyone else rewrote it in Rust, it would just contain different security bugs, and probably run worse.
- knbt 6y agoThe code is concise k&r c, converting it to any language could be an informative experience