Date: Thu, 3 Jan 2019 20:18:06 +0000 From: Mark Blackman <mark@exonetric.com> To: Igor Mozolevsky <igor@hybrid-lab.co.uk> Cc: Enji Cooper <yaneurabeya@gmail.com>, Hackers freeBSD <freebsd-hackers@freebsd.org> Subject: Re: Speculative: Rust for base system components Message-ID: <6DF138FB-E730-477A-A992-8FE1944DDE94@exonetric.com> In-Reply-To: <CADWvR2ju7y_rcY3MFe_381yBmPXgm1BA7RzA9ZTUfTtCHdFGLw@mail.gmail.com> References: <201901021829.x02IT4Kc064169@slippy.cwsent.com> <e954a12f-5d23-7a3f-c29b-c93e1250965c@metricspace.net> <361CCB81-AEB6-4EAC-9604-CD8F4C63948C@gmail.com> <CADWvR2ju7y_rcY3MFe_381yBmPXgm1BA7RzA9ZTUfTtCHdFGLw@mail.gmail.com>
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> On 3 Jan 2019, at 16:32, Igor Mozolevsky <igor@hybrid-lab.co.uk> = wrote: >=20 > On Thu, 3 Jan 2019 at 16:26, Enji Cooper wrote: >=20 > <snip> >=20 >> PS let=E2=80=99s call the discussion mostly closed and start working = on prototypes instead of beating a dead horse further. >=20 >=20 > 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 = =E2=80=9Csafety=E2=80=9D, the cost of that =E2=80=9Csafety=E2=80=9D and = the comprehensiveness of that =E2=80=9Csafety=E2=80=9D are debatable,=20 but the proposed benefit seemed pretty clear to me - Mark=
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