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Of all code in Firefox, only 50% of it is "systems language" code which includes C, C++, and Rust. Therefore "10% of all Firefox code is Rust" projects to "20%
by infogulch 5y ago
Of all code in Firefox, only 50% of it is "systems language" code which includes C, C++, and Rust. Therefore "10% of all Firefox code is Rust" projects to "20% of systems language Firefox code is Rust".
It took me a minute to parse your post, so I restated it.
I agree that 20% seems quite a big larger, especially in a large multi-million LOC codebase like Firefox.