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Re:Projects: Back to C by rapsey on Saturday August 18, 2018 @06:34AM (#17787864)
> Rust requires bindings and unsafe code; this ends up being a good amount of work to accomplish.

Not really all that much work. Combined with Rusts library ecosystem and other productivity improvements you very easily come out ahead.

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Re:Projects: Back to C by burntsushi on Saturday August 18, 2018 @06:43AM (#17787890)
I was thinking the same thing. It wouldn't be trivial, but when compared to the work required to support the three major platforms with different UIs, the binding layers are probably a marginal additional cost.
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