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OpenVMM – A New VMM for Windows and Linux, Written in Rust

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171 points g0xA52A2A | 2 comments | 17 Oct 24 05:42 UTC | HN request time: 0s | source
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ericyd ◴[17 Oct 24 13:05 UTC] No.41869293[source]▶
Thank God this VMM is written in Rust, otherwise I would be very skeptical. I don't care about features or purpose or technical advantages, give me Rust or give me death.
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1. Sytten ◴[17 Oct 24 16:41 UTC] No.41871253[source]▶
Those comments really are getting old. Each HN post with rust in the title seem to have that snarky comment that get a bunch of upvotes.

I get that some people are annoyed, but can we stay on topic. As technologist we should strive to written better software, rust is a good tool for low-level components, that's it.

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2. ericyd ◴[17 Oct 24 22:28 UTC] No.41874447[source]▶
My frustration comes from seeing posts with no obvious merit other than the language they are written in. If that's the most compelling feature of your software then I don't care too see it on the homepage. Writing compelling headlines is hard, but it's part of marketing. My comment could probably have been more thoughtful, but I'd like to encourage people to submit better headlines which highlight their software's differentiating features.