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Re:The Sortix Operating System by dragonwriter on Monday April 20, 2015 @12:43PM (#9409260)
> Ritchie and Thompson also sort of wrote C, at least, some parts of it.

Given its open nature, there's no reason (except limits of time/skill) someone writing an OS in Rust couldn't also be advancing Rust and its libraries in the directions needed to support that effort, even if they are outside of Mozilla.

Re:The Sortix Operating System by nine_k on Monday April 20, 2015 @01:44PM (#9409650)
> except limits of time/skill

I won't mind to be a billionaire with superhuman abilities and unlimited lifespan, too! Unfortunately, we mere mortals often have to limit the scope of our endeavors somehow.