Why Is SQLite Coded in C and not Rust

Re:Why Is SQLite Coded in C and not Rust by Deanoumean on Tuesday October 14, 2025 @09:56PM (#45587229)

The argument you propose only works for justifying a maintenance mode for and old codebase. If you want to take the chance to turn away new developers from complex abominations like C++ and Rust and garbage collected sloths like Java and get them to consider a comparatively simple but ubiquitous language that is C, you have to offer more.

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Re:Why Is SQLite Coded in C and not Rust by dangus on Tuesday October 14, 2025 @10:01PM (#45587268)

Is SQLite looking for new developers? Will they ever need a large amount of developers like a mega-corp that needs to hire 100 React engineers?

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Re:Why Is SQLite Coded in C and not Rust by metaltyphoon on Tuesday October 14, 2025 @10:17PM (#45587379)

No, but as morbid as this sounds, the three(?) devs one day will pass away so now what?

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Re:Why Is SQLite Coded in C and not Rust by hoppp on Tuesday October 14, 2025 @10:52PM (#45587612)

Then the rights will be sold to a FAANG or an open souce fork like libSQL will live on.

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Re:Why Is SQLite Coded in C and not Rust by colejohnson66 on Wednesday October 15, 2025 @08:46AM (#45591577)

SQLite is public domain (as much as is legally possible). So there's no "rights" to "sell" except the trademark.

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Re:Why Is SQLite Coded in C and not Rust by metaltyphoon on Wednesday October 15, 2025 @12:07PM (#45594687)

The testing suite is not open, which is one of the most important part of the project.

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Re:Why Is SQLite Coded in C and not Rust by sgbeal on Wednesday October 15, 2025 @09:06AM (#45591848)

> No, but as morbid as this sounds, the three(?) devs...

Two full-time core devs and three part-time "peripheral" devs.

> ... one day will pass away ...

And not a one of us are young :/.

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Re:Why Is SQLite Coded in C and not Rust by dangus on Wednesday October 15, 2025 @09:15AM (#45591984)

Well the point is that it’s not hard to find 3 people who are C experts. Yes, even young ones.

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