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   Linux Walt (@lnxw37j1) {3EB165E0-5BB1-45D2-9E7D-93B31821F864} (lnxw37j1@gnusocial.jp)'s status on Friday, 06-Sep-2024 14:14:07 JST Linux Walt (@lnxw37j1) {3EB165E0-5BB1-45D2-9E7D-93B31821F864}
   I can't help but view "rewrite evrrything in Rust" as a religious movement, not something motivated by practicality.
   
   
   Remember when C# was the chosen language that was going to unleash the productivity promised for decades? There were even Mono and DotGNU meant to bring those benefits to the *nix heathens without us bowing before statues of Gates and Ballmer. It was good in some ways, but not miraculous.
   
   I feel like we'll all say the same once the wave of Rusticrucian evangelism is quieted by real world failures.
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     a (a@fedi.layer02.net)'s status on Friday, 06-Sep-2024 14:24:31 JST a

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     @lnxw37j1 i think there’s actual benefits to memory safety but there’s also a cost to throwing away everything you already have that more or less already works
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     Linux Walt (@lnxw37j1) {3EB165E0-5BB1-45D2-9E7D-93B31821F864} (lnxw37j1@gnusocial.jp)'s status on Friday, 06-Sep-2024 22:17:08 JST Linux Walt (@lnxw37j1) {3EB165E0-5BB1-45D2-9E7D-93B31821F864}

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     @a Yes, there are benefits to nemory safety, but AFAIK Rust focuses on one aspect of this while avoiding some other aspects.