From owner-freebsd-hackers@freebsd.org Mon Dec 31 20:21:01 2018 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-hackers@mailman.ysv.freebsd.org Received: from mx1.freebsd.org (mx1.freebsd.org [IPv6:2610:1c1:1:606c::19:1]) by mailman.ysv.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 1CB9014190E0 for ; Mon, 31 Dec 2018 20:21:01 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from steffen@sdaoden.eu) Received: from sdaoden.eu (sdaoden.eu [217.144.132.164]) (using TLSv1.3 with cipher TLS_AES_256_GCM_SHA384 (256/256 bits) server-signature RSA-PSS (4096 bits)) (Client did not present a certificate) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTPS id 83D6983CB1 for ; Mon, 31 Dec 2018 20:21:00 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from steffen@sdaoden.eu) Received: by sdaoden.eu (Postfix, from userid 1000) id AAA371604A; Mon, 31 Dec 2018 21:14:08 +0100 (CET) Date: Mon, 31 Dec 2018 21:14:23 +0100 From: Steffen Nurpmeso To: Rozhuk Ivan Cc: Volker Lendecke , "freebsd-hackers@freebsd.org" Subject: Re: Speculative: Rust for base system components Message-ID: <20181231201423.mJwUS%steffen@sdaoden.eu> In-Reply-To: <20181231221030.6471937e@rimwks> References: <20181231160738.j4gow437liu7urjy@sernet.de> <20181231221030.6471937e@rimwks> Mail-Followup-To: Rozhuk Ivan , Volker Lendecke , "freebsd-hackers@freebsd.org" User-Agent: s-nail v14.9.11-123-g49d1a5c2 OpenPGP: id=EE19E1C1F2F7054F8D3954D8308964B51883A0DD; url=https://ftp.sdaoden.eu/steffen.asc; preference=signencrypt BlahBlahBlah: Any stupid boy can crush a beetle. But all the professors in the world can make no bugs. X-Rspamd-Queue-Id: 83D6983CB1 X-Spamd-Bar: / Authentication-Results: mx1.freebsd.org; spf=pass (mx1.freebsd.org: domain of steffen@sdaoden.eu designates 217.144.132.164 as permitted sender) smtp.mailfrom=steffen@sdaoden.eu X-Spamd-Result: default: False [-0.27 / 15.00]; ARC_NA(0.00)[]; TO_DN_EQ_ADDR_SOME(0.00)[]; NEURAL_HAM_MEDIUM(-0.90)[-0.900,0]; FROM_HAS_DN(0.00)[]; RCPT_COUNT_THREE(0.00)[3]; R_SPF_ALLOW(-0.20)[+a]; NEURAL_HAM_LONG(-0.73)[-0.727,0]; TAGGED_RCPT(0.00)[]; MIME_GOOD(-0.10)[text/plain]; DMARC_NA(0.00)[sdaoden.eu]; TO_DN_SOME(0.00)[]; NEURAL_SPAM_SHORT(0.67)[0.668,0]; TO_MATCH_ENVRCPT_SOME(0.00)[]; MX_GOOD(-0.01)[cached: sdaoden.eu]; MID_CONTAINS_FROM(1.00)[]; RCVD_TLS_LAST(0.00)[]; FREEMAIL_TO(0.00)[gmail.com]; FROM_EQ_ENVFROM(0.00)[]; R_DKIM_NA(0.00)[]; MIME_TRACE(0.00)[0:+]; ASN(0.00)[asn:15987, ipnet:217.144.128.0/20, country:DE]; RCVD_COUNT_TWO(0.00)[2]; IP_SCORE(-0.00)[country: DE(-0.01)] X-BeenThere: freebsd-hackers@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.29 Precedence: list List-Id: Technical Discussions relating to FreeBSD List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Mon, 31 Dec 2018 20:21:01 -0000 Rozhuk Ivan wrote in <20181231221030.6471937e@rimwks>: |On Mon, 31 Dec 2018 17:07:38 +0100 |Volker Lendecke wrote: | |> Not being involved in FreeBSD but in Samba, I could see a migration of |> parts of Samba to Rust if it had a Rust->C translator. I think for |> FreeBSD base components similar arguments would apply. You could ship |> the C output for the platforms that don't have native Rust. | |Rust is modern geeks toy by mozilla. |Just waste ot time, without any real profits. I vote for Nim (former Nimrod is no more). --steffen | |Der Kragenbaer, The moon bear, |der holt sich munter he cheerfully and one by one |einen nach dem anderen runter wa.ks himself off |(By Robert Gernhardt)