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Re:Re: Integrating "safe" languages into OpenBSD? (2017) by numbsafari on Sunday May 03, 2020 @04:15PM (#23061532)
> step 1 is not "rewrite cat"

Totally agree on this point. In fact, I think it’s brash for the rust armada to think that the borrow checker alone is going to help replace 20+ years of maintenance on these kinds of tools, which often crufty, and gnarled by the sands and whims of generations that preceded us.

Re:Re: Integrating "safe" languages into OpenBSD? (2017) by staticassertion on Sunday May 03, 2020 @04:26PM (#23061605)
As a member of the Rust Armada I can tell you that I don't believe that rewriting cat in rust is something I consider a high priority.