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Re:Firefox does not have a well-designed privsep model by peterwwillis on Monday June 11, 2018 @06:01PM (#17289002)
> There's simply no way for C++ to compete with Rust

There's no way for 8-track to compete with compact cassettes. There's no way for VHS to compete with Betamax. There's no way for C to compete with <insert any language>. Yet, against all odds, technical superiority does not always result in market dominance.

Call me when there's more Rust jobs than C++ jobs, or when they're not entirely posted to Rust mailing lists.

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Re:Firefox does not have a well-designed privsep model by adrianmonk on Monday June 11, 2018 @08:27PM (#17289786)
They're not talking about popularity of the language. They're talking about two particular pieces of software, and which one will be ahead of the other based on the choice of implementation language.
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