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You shouldn't spend your own effort; you should make it clear that you're open to users of such systems contributing. That's how GCC became so dominant - there
by o11c 2y ago
You shouldn't spend your own effort; you should make it clear that you're open to users of such systems contributing.
That's how GCC became so dominant - there were people already using all sorts of Unixen and they wanted a compiler, so they made it work.
- weinzierl 2y agoThat is absolutely true but exotic platforms are also fun to investigate and you can learn a lot. So I'd say you shouldn't spend your own effort if you don't want to but I am glad fractalfir did and I am looking forward to the his RustWeekNL presentation.
- eru 2y agoOf course, accepting contributions comes with some effort, too.
- lmm 2y ago> You shouldn't spend your own effort; you should make it clear that you're open to users of such systems contributing. In practice you can't really draw a line between those two things. I don't know the end result, but I remember a discussion of how implementing parts of Git in Rust would be a problem because NonStop, a currently supported platform, has no Rust support. Of course the sane response would be "screw NonStop then", but having accepted contributions to make NonStop a supported platform that isn't an easy path to take.