Re:Cross-platform Rust rewrite of the GNU coreutils
by kbenson on Tuesday March 22, 2016 @01:40PM
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> Saying "well, Rust doesn't eliminate all bugs" is attacking a straw man.
Yes, it's very much akin to saying "well, a seat belt won't eliminate all deaths". I would understand an argument of "I'm not prepared to rewrite the software at this time" or "I'm not familiar enough with replacement X to assess whether it's a good choice", but at some point more people will have to acknowledge C's failings with more than lip-service. That doesn't mean Rust has to be the solution/replacement, but something does.
Yes, it's very much akin to saying "well, a seat belt won't eliminate all deaths". I would understand an argument of "I'm not prepared to rewrite the software at this time" or "I'm not familiar enough with replacement X to assess whether it's a good choice", but at some point more people will have to acknowledge C's failings with more than lip-service. That doesn't mean Rust has to be the solution/replacement, but something does.