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So rewrites in Rust can happen as long as they don't have practical usage? This isn't something that affected Ubuntu. It's something Ubuntu wanted to test in

• _zoltan_ 1y ago
  ideally stupid rewrites never happen, but alas...
  • Ygg2 1y ago
    Iirc it started as simple exercise. It just aimed at high compatibility with original coreutils. Which part of that is stupid? License is chosen because Rust is more static linkage friendly. Which leaves exercise part or high compatibility. You might as well say Linux is a stupid rewrite that will never achieve anything circa 1998.
    • _zoltan_ 1y ago
      what purpose does the new coreutils serve other than being written in Rust?