Curl removes experimental HTTP back end in Rust

Re:Curl removes experimental HTTP back end in Rust by integricho on Sunday December 22, 2024 @02:22PM (#42488424)

I agree, Rust indeed has an important role as a new language for writing memory-safe code, but to repeat what I meant, I like to see entirely new projects built with Rust from the ground up, not bolting it onto existing C or C++ projects just because Rust. In the long run it will cause fragmentation and increase complexity to such a point that it could destabilize the original project in its entirety. Build new things with Rust if you like, keep existing C projects as C projects, that is all.

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Re:Curl removes experimental HTTP back end in Rust by aw1621107 on Sunday December 22, 2024 @04:36PM (#42489337)

> not bolting it onto existing C or C++ projects just because Rust.

I feel "just because Rust" leans a bit towards the overly-dismissive side. I'd imagine Linus isn't interested in potentially adding support for Rust "just because Rust" - presumably he thinks there are potential concrete upsides that Rust offers over C that are worth expending time and effort to investigate despite the potential complications from introducing a new language.

> In the long run it will cause fragmentation and increase complexity to such a point that it could destabilize the original project in its entirety.

This sounds scary and all, but I'm admittedly a bit skeptical about this argument. Why would introducing Rust support necessarily lead to the outcome you describe? Are there examples of such an outcome happening to other projects?

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