From owner-freebsd-hackers@freebsd.org Mon Dec 31 12:49:32 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 15AD21432846 for ; Mon, 31 Dec 2018 12:49:32 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from bzeeb-lists@lists.zabbadoz.net) Received: from mx1.sbone.de (mx1.sbone.de [IPv6:2a01:4f8:13b:39f::9f:25]) (using TLSv1.2 with cipher ECDHE-RSA-AES256-GCM-SHA384 (256/256 bits)) (Client CN "mx1.sbone.de", Issuer "SBone.DE" (not verified)) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTPS id 521C76829F for ; Mon, 31 Dec 2018 12:49:30 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from bzeeb-lists@lists.zabbadoz.net) Received: from mail.sbone.de (mail.sbone.de [IPv6:fde9:577b:c1a9:31::2013:587]) (using TLSv1 with cipher ADH-CAMELLIA256-SHA (256/256 bits)) (No client certificate requested) by mx1.sbone.de (Postfix) with ESMTPS id 718218D4A10E; Mon, 31 Dec 2018 12:49:21 +0000 (UTC) Received: from content-filter.sbone.de (content-filter.sbone.de [IPv6:fde9:577b:c1a9:31::2013:2742]) (using TLSv1 with cipher DHE-RSA-AES256-SHA (256/256 bits)) (No client certificate requested) by mail.sbone.de (Postfix) with ESMTPS id 728FDD1F835; Mon, 31 Dec 2018 12:49:20 +0000 (UTC) X-Virus-Scanned: amavisd-new at sbone.de Received: from mail.sbone.de ([IPv6:fde9:577b:c1a9:31::2013:587]) by content-filter.sbone.de (content-filter.sbone.de [fde9:577b:c1a9:31::2013:2742]) (amavisd-new, port 10024) with ESMTP id NsK2im31gZty; Mon, 31 Dec 2018 12:49:19 +0000 (UTC) Received: from [192.168.2.110] (unknown [IPv6:fde9:577b:c1a9:31:2ef0:eeff:fe03:ee34]) (using TLSv1 with cipher AES256-SHA (256/256 bits)) (No client certificate requested) by mail.sbone.de (Postfix) with ESMTPSA id 5D4F3D1F7EB; Mon, 31 Dec 2018 12:49:19 +0000 (UTC) From: "Bjoern A. Zeeb" To: "Poul-Henning Kamp" Cc: freebsd-hackers@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Speculative: Rust for base system components Date: Mon, 31 Dec 2018 12:49:20 +0000 X-Mailer: MailMate (2.0BETAr6133) Message-ID: <07050B49-18E6-498A-91C0-3A0125EF5CA2@lists.zabbadoz.net> In-Reply-To: <39272.1546241776@critter.freebsd.dk> References: <39272.1546241776@critter.freebsd.dk> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; format=flowed X-Rspamd-Queue-Id: 521C76829F X-Spamd-Bar: ---- Authentication-Results: mx1.freebsd.org; spf=pass (mx1.freebsd.org: domain of bzeeb-lists@lists.zabbadoz.net designates 2a01:4f8:13b:39f::9f:25 as permitted sender) smtp.mailfrom=bzeeb-lists@lists.zabbadoz.net X-Spamd-Result: default: False [-4.23 / 15.00]; ARC_NA(0.00)[]; RCVD_VIA_SMTP_AUTH(0.00)[]; RCVD_COUNT_FIVE(0.00)[5]; NEURAL_HAM_MEDIUM(-1.00)[-1.000,0]; FROM_HAS_DN(0.00)[]; TO_DN_SOME(0.00)[]; R_SPF_ALLOW(-0.20)[+ip6:2a01:4f8:13b:39f::9f:25]; NEURAL_HAM_LONG(-1.00)[-1.000,0]; MIME_GOOD(-0.10)[text/plain]; RCVD_TLS_LAST(0.00)[]; DMARC_NA(0.00)[zabbadoz.net]; TO_MATCH_ENVRCPT_SOME(0.00)[]; MX_GOOD(-0.01)[cross.sbone.de]; RCPT_COUNT_TWO(0.00)[2]; NEURAL_HAM_SHORT(-0.88)[-0.879,0]; IP_SCORE(-1.04)[ipnet: 2a01:4f8::/29(-2.78), asn: 24940(-2.42), country: DE(-0.01)]; FROM_EQ_ENVFROM(0.00)[]; R_DKIM_NA(0.00)[]; MIME_TRACE(0.00)[0:+]; ASN(0.00)[asn:24940, ipnet:2a01:4f8::/29, country:DE]; MID_RHS_MATCH_FROM(0.00)[] 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 12:49:32 -0000 On 31 Dec 2018, at 7:36, Poul-Henning Kamp wrote: > Tl;Dr: Forget all about it. > > > The historical precedent is cvssup(1) which was written in Modula-3. While we are on the topic, what was the history on how FreeBSD ended up with perl in the base system? /bz