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Not meaning to bring up a Rust vs Go debate, but since there are a few comments claiming that this is a waste of time, I figured it's worth mentioning the Rust

by caipre 11y ago

Not meaning to bring up a Rust vs Go debate, but since there are a few comments claiming that this is a waste of time, I figured it's worth mentioning the Rust based re-implementation of coreutils: https://github.com/uutils/coreutils/ https://github.com/uutils/coreutils/ And another by suckless in plain C: http://git.suckless.org/sbase/tree/README http://git.suckless.org/sbase/tree/README

zarkone 11y ago
At least, Rust version has CLI options implemented
barsonme 11y ago
Or my rewrite of GNU's coreutils in Go: https://github.com/EricLagerg/go-coreutils https://github.com/EricLagerg/go-coreutils It's not complete yet, but I couldn't pass up this thread :-)
- polegone 11y ago
  I must say that yours is much more complete than mine, though.
  - danieldk 11y ago
    Work together! It would be great if complete coreutils was implemented!
    - barsonme 11y ago
      I'd love some help. I'm juggling 3 side projects right now, and it's hard making time for all of them. :)
      - polegone 11y ago
        I linked it in the readme so all those people visiting my project will see yours. I can't help much myself (you are way ahead of me), but more people should visit your project now.
        barsonme 11y ago
        Thank you! That's very generous of you.
        polegone 11y ago
        No problem.
  - barsonme 11y ago
    I'd love if our projects could somehow work together. My contact info is in my account's description, so shoot me a message!
aikah 11y ago
nice. This is the first time I actually read Rust code, and aside from "something macro" that scares me, it's actually mostly readable. Will definitely check out.
cloverich 11y ago
That re-write lists its license as MIT, not GPLv2. Is that legitimate? e.g. in general, can you re-implement a library with one license and change it to a non-compatible license?
- lorddoig 11y ago
  From everything I've read I'm pretty sure that if it's a complete rewrite in another language then it's legally "divorced" from the original project. You can own (and ergo license) an implementation of an idea, but you can't own or license the idea itself. Same with patents - you own the how, not the why.

by caipre 11y ago

zarkone 11y ago

At least, Rust version has CLI options implemented

barsonme 11y ago

Or my rewrite of GNU's coreutils in Go: https://github.com/EricLagerg/go-coreutils https://github.com/EricLagerg/go-coreutils It's not complete yet, but I couldn't pass up this thread :-)

polegone 11y ago
I must say that yours is much more complete than mine, though.
- danieldk 11y ago
  Work together! It would be great if complete coreutils was implemented!
  - barsonme 11y ago
    I'd love some help. I'm juggling 3 side projects right now, and it's hard making time for all of them. :)
    - polegone 11y ago
      I linked it in the readme so all those people visiting my project will see yours. I can't help much myself (you are way ahead of me), but more people should visit your project now.
      - barsonme 11y ago
        Thank you! That's very generous of you.
        polegone 11y ago
        No problem.
- barsonme 11y ago
  I'd love if our projects could somehow work together. My contact info is in my account's description, so shoot me a message!

aikah 11y ago

nice. This is the first time I actually read Rust code, and aside from "something macro" that scares me, it's actually mostly readable. Will definitely check out.

cloverich 11y ago

That re-write lists its license as MIT, not GPLv2. Is that legitimate? e.g. in general, can you re-implement a library with one license and change it to a non-compatible license?

lorddoig 11y ago
From everything I've read I'm pretty sure that if it's a complete rewrite in another language then it's legally "divorced" from the original project. You can own (and ergo license) an implementation of an idea, but you can't own or license the idea itself. Same with patents - you own the how, not the why.