Rewriting the GNU Coreutils in Rust

Re:Rewriting the GNU Coreutils in Rust by eric__cartman on Friday June 18, 2021 @10:18AM (#27550570)

I agree. When talking about tools that millions have been using and depending on for decades, "If it ain't broke don't fix it"

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Re:Rewriting the GNU Coreutils in Rust by bravetraveler on Friday June 18, 2021 @03:48PM (#27554185)

Precisely

Even with all of the talent in the world and infinite time to plan, I still feel confident saying that perfect compatibility wouldn't exist

There's simply so much scope, and different edge cases that may be depended on... somewhere

Cost/benefit doesn't make sense

Edit: Write new tools in whatever language, but coreutils is like the _cornerstone_

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