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Date:      Mon, 5 Aug 2024 15:32:17 -0600
From:      Warner Losh <imp@bsdimp.com>
To:        Poul-Henning Kamp <phk@phk.freebsd.dk>
Cc:        Steffen Nurpmeso <steffen@sdaoden.eu>, Cy Schubert <Cy.Schubert@cschubert.com>,  freebsd-hackers@freebsd.org, Bakul Shah <bakul@iitbombay.org>
Subject:   Re: The Case for Rust (in the base system)
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On Mon, Aug 5, 2024 at 3:27=E2=80=AFPM Poul-Henning Kamp <phk@phk.freebsd.d=
k> wrote:

> --------
> Steffen Nurpmeso writes:
> > Cy Schubert wrote in
> >  <704D020F-78A4-4926-AE3C-41F7FD619A89@cschubert.com>:
> >  |On July 31, 2024 10:49:52 AM PDT, Bakul Shah <bakul@iitbombay.org>
> wrote:
> >  |>All this talk won't lead to anything much so a suggestion to
> >  ..
> >  |Sorry for being late to the party. Last day of vacation; picking up \
> >  |phone reading this thread.
> >  |
> >  |Like much in this business (been doing this stuff for about 50 years =
\
> >  |now) there is a cohort unwilling to roll up their sleeves and put som=
e
> \
> >  |skin in the game, expecting others already with long todo lists to \
> >
> > Most user space tools could be written in lua.
>
> That /exact/ same argument was made for Perl :-)
>

Lua's been in the base since I imported it for the boot loader, though...

Warner

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<div dir=3D"ltr"><div dir=3D"ltr"><br></div><br><div class=3D"gmail_quote">=
<div dir=3D"ltr" class=3D"gmail_attr">On Mon, Aug 5, 2024 at 3:27=E2=80=AFP=
M Poul-Henning Kamp &lt;<a href=3D"mailto:phk@phk.freebsd.dk">phk@phk.freeb=
sd.dk</a>&gt; wrote:<br></div><blockquote class=3D"gmail_quote" style=3D"ma=
rgin:0px 0px 0px 0.8ex;border-left:1px solid rgb(204,204,204);padding-left:=
1ex">--------<br>
Steffen Nurpmeso writes:<br>
&gt; Cy Schubert wrote in<br>
&gt;=C2=A0 &lt;<a href=3D"mailto:704D020F-78A4-4926-AE3C-41F7FD619A89@cschu=
bert.com" target=3D"_blank">704D020F-78A4-4926-AE3C-41F7FD619A89@cschubert.=
com</a>&gt;:<br>
&gt;=C2=A0 |On July 31, 2024 10:49:52 AM PDT, Bakul Shah &lt;<a href=3D"mai=
lto:bakul@iitbombay.org" target=3D"_blank">bakul@iitbombay.org</a>&gt; wrot=
e:<br>
&gt;=C2=A0 |&gt;All this talk won&#39;t lead to anything much so a suggesti=
on to<br>
&gt;=C2=A0 ..<br>
&gt;=C2=A0 |Sorry for being late to the party. Last day of vacation; pickin=
g up \<br>
&gt;=C2=A0 |phone reading this thread.<br>
&gt;=C2=A0 |<br>
&gt;=C2=A0 |Like much in this business (been doing this stuff for about 50 =
years \<br>
&gt;=C2=A0 |now) there is a cohort unwilling to roll up their sleeves and p=
ut some \<br>
&gt;=C2=A0 |skin in the game, expecting others already with long todo lists=
 to \<br>
&gt;<br>
&gt; Most user space tools could be written in lua.<br>
<br>
That /exact/ same argument was made for Perl :-)<br></blockquote><div><br><=
/div><div>Lua&#39;s been in the base since I imported it for the boot loade=
r, though...</div><div><br></div><div>Warner=C2=A0</div></div></div>

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