Re: The Case for Rust (in any system)

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David Chisnall writes:

> On 9 Sep 2024, at 12:24, Poul-Henning Kamp <phk@phk.freebsd.dk> wrote:
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> >> What might that subset be?
> > 
> > Initially it will be "better C compiler", but then we will gradually
> > allow more and more of C++ to be used.
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> In my experience, the worst C++ code is written by people thinking in C. 
> The second worst is written by people thinking in Java (or Smalltalk).

I dont disagree :-)

But it's either a gradual approach or "never" because a rewrite in toto wont happen.


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