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Brimstone: ES2025 JavaScript engine written in Rust

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239 points ivankra | 1 comments | 16 Nov 25 11:41 UTC | HN request time: 0s | source
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phplovesong ◴[16 Nov 25 15:53 UTC] No.45945978[source]▶
Why is stuff written in rust always promoted as "written in rust" like its some magic thing?
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ssrc ◴[16 Nov 25 17:50 UTC] No.45946942[source]▶
I'm old enough to have seen the "written in lisp", "written in ruby", "written in javascript" eras, among others. It's natural.
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1. phplovesong ◴[17 Nov 25 15:00 UTC] No.45954182[source]▶
Im also old enough to recall when ruby (rails really) was the hype everyone jumped on. But i cant say i ever seen "rewritten in javascript/X" thing as its used with rust.

In rust i see that the rewrite is the important thing, not the software itself. Its completely bonkers.