Strategic Thinking (was: Re: Speculative: Rust for base system components)

[Poul-Henning Kamp]

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In message <201901042217.x04MHWaE046238 at slippy.cwsent.com>, Cy Schubert writes:
>In message <79361.1546639367 at critter.freebsd.dk>, "Poul-Henning Kamp" 
>writes:

>That's exactly my point. What subset of things can and should we focus on?

Whatever you as a contributor needs and enjoys.

>Adding or replacing a language or languages in base should be 
>consistent with the long-term direction of The Project.

Forget adding new botique languages to base:  That's not happening
any time soon, if ever, for all the reasons already enumerated.

Until somebody comes up with an
AbsolutelyMustHaveBeforePackagesCanBeInstalled program written in
$Language, $LanguageCompiler stays in ports where it belongs.

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