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Re:Python startup time: milliseconds matter by flukus on Wednesday May 02, 2018 @08:55PM (#16982467)
Everyone is focusing on python, but where is this "can do" spirit from mozilla? Their are languages with better startup times, bash, perl, lua, awk to name a few, and could likely do whatever the python scripts are doing.
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Re:Python startup time: milliseconds matter by catach on Wednesday May 02, 2018 @11:16PM (#16983104)
> but where is this "can do" spirit from mozilla?

The mail included both

> At some point, we'll likely replace Python code with Rust so the build system is more "pure" and easier to maintain and reason about.

and

> Since I am disproportionately impacted by this issue, if there's anything I can do to help, let me know.

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