Speculative: Rust for base system components

[Mark Blackman]

> On 3 Jan 2019, at 16:32, Igor Mozolevsky <igor at hybrid-lab.co.uk> wrote:
> 
> On Thu, 3 Jan 2019 at 16:26, Enji Cooper wrote:
> 
> <snip>
> 
>> PS let’s call the discussion mostly closed and start working on prototypes instead of beating a dead horse further.
> 
> 
> That's precisely how ideas that most people disagree with get *pushed*
> through by evangelists with confirmation bias! Like someone said
> earlier in the discussion: does Rust add anything? The answer is a
> resounding NO, save for bloat.

Technically, I thought it was clear what Rust adds and that is “safety”, the cost of that “safety” and the comprehensiveness of that “safety” are debatable, 
but the proposed benefit seemed pretty clear to me

- Mark