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Re:JavaScript to Rust and Back Again: A Wasm-Bindgen Tale by runevault on Wednesday April 04, 2018 @03:03PM (#16757823)
Even if it is objectively better in every way (not saying it is, only going for the most extreme end point for purposes of making a point) it is not guaranteed to replace C. Too many people have invested too much time mastering C and learning to deal with its quirks to simply give it up.

There may come a day where basically 0 new C projects are made. I do not think that will be in my lifetime. And I say that as someone with near 0 investment in the language but intends to get more serious about learning rust in the near future.

Re:JavaScript to Rust and Back Again: A Wasm-Bindgen Tale by pjmlp on Thursday April 05, 2018 @01:14AM (#16761980)
Until we replace UNIX derived OSes and throw away POSIX compatibility that day will never come.
Re:JavaScript to Rust and Back Again: A Wasm-Bindgen Tale by mmstick on Saturday April 07, 2018 @10:33PM (#16784281)
We've already thrown away POSIX compatibility. Linux isn't POSIX. Mac OS X isn't POSIX. Windows isn't POSIX. POSIX only continues to exist in varying degrees at different times.