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I avoid the rather uesless "Why not?" comment as it will naturally spark answers like immutable data structures, sane type model etc. Whole and profitable empi

I avoid the rather uesless "Why not?" comment as it will naturally spark answers like immutable data structures, sane type model etc. Whole and profitable empires have been built with C. C compilers are darn good in optimizing code. There is a large workforce proficient in C. I would bet anytime on C rather on Rust. If Firefox will die it's because some overly eager (but certainly smart) people thought a rewrite will solve business problems.

Zababa 5y ago
> If Firefox will die it's because some overly eager (but certainly smart) people thought a rewrite will solve business problems. Rust is probably the least terrible business decision to come out of Mozilla in those past 5 years. If Firefox dies it will be because of the executive's rent-seeking behavior.
jonathankoren 5y ago
> I would bet anytime on C rather on Rust. If Firefox will die it's because some overly eager (but certainly smart) people thought a rewrite will solve business problems. That would be ironic given that a massive rewrite is what tanked Netscape, and gave rise to Mozilla, and eventually Firefox.
SubjectToChange 5y ago
> Whole and profitable empires have been built with C. C compilers are darn good in optimizing code. There is a large workforce proficient in C. Then why is it that all of the major C compilers are written in C++?