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What's up with this whole "Rust rewrite" craze? The coreutils are battle tested and mature as they are, and I don't see how rewriting thousands of lines of code
by fransiscoli 6y ago
What's up with this whole "Rust rewrite" craze? The coreutils are battle tested and mature as they are, and I don't see how rewriting thousands of lines of code in Rust will change anything. Isn't this solving a non-existent problem?
- steveklabnik 6y agoThere is a “why” section of the README that explains the author’s perspective on this. Also, not everything is trying to solve a problem. Sometimes, things are done just because they can be. That is traditionally part of the hacker spirit.
- fransiscoli 6y ago> Also, not everything is trying to solve a problem. True. I'm not "opposed" to anyone doing this, it looks like a really cool project. My issue is people rewriting things in Rust and presenting it as way better simply because of the language it was written it. I understand that rust brings strong compile-time guarantees, but I would use a mature and battle-tested C program over a new, hobbyist rust rewrite any day of the week.