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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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epolanski ◴[12 Dec 25 12:55 UTC] No.46243675[source]▶
If Rust helps with their pains and they like Rust this seems very sensible.

That's exactly why we have different languages and tools, because they adapt differently to different projects, teams and problems.

But as soon as you get into the silly "tool X is better period" arguments, then all the nuance of choosing the right tool for the job is lost.

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dingdingdang ◴[12 Dec 25 13:02 UTC] No.46243722[source]▶
Sensible take, thank you. When HN get these "our project: from x to y language" frontpage stories I am always thinking that it would be far more exciting with "our project: 38.2% smaller code base by optimizing our dependency use", "our project: performance optimized by 16.4% by basic profiler use" or similar!
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1. bluGill ◴[12 Dec 25 14:53 UTC] No.46244694[source]▶
Sometimes language is a limiting factor and so you need to change languages before getting better. However this is rare.