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The Tor Project is switching to Rust

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348 points giuliomagnifico | 1 comments | 12 Dec 25 12:35 UTC | HN request time: 0s | source
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anthk ◴[12 Dec 25 13:25 UTC] No.46243905[source]▶
Why not Go? It's more portable.
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hu3 ◴[12 Dec 25 13:30 UTC] No.46243939[source]▶
and easier to learn.

and better funded.

and easier to find devs.

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1. agumonkey ◴[12 Dec 25 13:51 UTC] No.46244128[source]▶
i have no dog in the fight, but based on tor release schedule it seems to me that the team is very very talented and rust complexity is not a challenge for them