Re: The Case for Rust (in the base system)

On July 31, 2024 10:49:52 AM PDT, Bakul Shah <bakul@iitbombay.org> wrote:
>All this talk won't lead to anything much so a suggestion to
>those who want Rust in the FreeBSD base: why not exec it in a
>fork? That'll force you to solve practical problems, give you
>good experience [may be even cure you of this strange desire
>;-)] and If it looks like a success, more people will join.
>

Sorry for being late to the party. Last day of vacation; picking up phone reading this thread.

Like much in this business (been doing this stuff for about 50 years now) there is a cohort unwilling to roll up their sleeves and put some skin in the game, expecting others already with long todo lists to drop everything to produce the desired result. To them I say, build a proof of concept and show us.


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