Re:Why you should, actually, rewrite some of it in Rust
by thephyber on Wednesday July 12, 2017 @05:24PM
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> The reasons provided by this article are insufficient to solely justify a re-write in Rust;
You didn't read the article. He acknowledged that the hyperbolic calls to "IMMEDIATELY REWRITE EVERYTHING IN RUST!!1!!1one" are silly. In bold, the author states:
> What I’m advocating for is much simpler: surgically replace weaker parts but keep most of the project intact.
Which, by the way, is exactly how Mozilla is applying Rust-written rewrites to Firefox (dogfooding their own programming language).
You didn't read the article. He acknowledged that the hyperbolic calls to "IMMEDIATELY REWRITE EVERYTHING IN RUST!!1!!1one" are silly. In bold, the author states:
> What I’m advocating for is much simpler: surgically replace weaker parts but keep most of the project intact.
Which, by the way, is exactly how Mozilla is applying Rust-written rewrites to Firefox (dogfooding their own programming language).