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> Why were people who apparently did not have much experience using coreutils assigned to rewrite coreutils? From what I understand, "assigned" probably isn't
by aw1621107 6mo ago
> Why were people who apparently did not have much experience using coreutils assigned to rewrite coreutils?
From what I understand, "assigned" probably isn't the best way to put it. uutils started off back in 2013 as a way to learn Rust [0] way before the present kerfuffle.
[0]: https://github.com/uutils/coreutils/tree/9653ed81a2fbf393f420d9a8007c574d922018d1 https://github.com/uutils/coreutils/tree/9653ed81a2fbf393f42...
- nineteen999 6mo agoYeah perhaps learning UNIX API's and Rust at the same time doesn't lead to a drop in replacement ready to be shipped in major distributions. Who whould have thunk it.
- aw1621107 6mo agoStrictly speaking it doesn't preclude eventually producing a production-ready drop-in replacement either, though evidently that needs a fresh set of eyes.
- bpbp-mango 6mo agoexactly this. I wrote one of them back then as a learning experience. some of the code I wrote is still intact, incredibly.