Cross-platform Rust rewrite of the GNU coreutils

Re:Cross-platform Rust rewrite of the GNU coreutils by cbsmith on Tuesday March 22, 2016 @08:19PM (#11341067)

With portable software (as in, portability is more valuable than other factors), imperfect is the enemy. ;-)

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Re:Cross-platform Rust rewrite of the GNU coreutils by kbenson on Tuesday March 22, 2016 @08:55PM (#11341284)

We have over four decades history of portability being valued over correctness, stability and security. I'm not impressed with where it's gotten us.

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Re:Cross-platform Rust rewrite of the GNU coreutils by cbsmith on Wednesday March 23, 2016 @12:11PM (#11345724)

See, I look at it as the opposite. You aren't really portable if your code isn't correct.

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