As a random datapoint I learned recently the Solana blockchain consensus software, written in Rust and notorious for absolutely dismal performance, is being com

As a random datapoint I learned recently the Solana blockchain consensus software, written in Rust and notorious for absolutely dismal performance, is being completely rewritten…in C. I’m curious if they’ve thought that through as it introduces an entire class of bugs Rust inherently protected them from previously. > Firedancer is written in C, in contrast to the Rust codebase of the original Solana validator https://firedancer-io.github.io/firedancer/guide/firedancer.html https://firedancer-io.github.io/firedancer/guide/firedancer....