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The Tor Project is switching to Rust

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348 points giuliomagnifico | 3 comments | 12 Dec 25 12:35 UTC | HN request time: 0.614s | source
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shevy-java ◴[12 Dec 25 13:02 UTC] No.46243731[source]▶
Hmmmm.

My biggest gripe with the Tor project is that it is so slow.

I don't think merely moving to Rust makes Tor faster either. And I am also not entirely convinced that Rust is really better than C.

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1. xedrac ◴[12 Dec 25 15:47 UTC] No.46245224[source]▶
I agree it probably won't make it faster. But there is absolutely no comparison when it comes to safety/stability. I've written a ton of C code, and it's just not even close. Rust really outshines C and C++ in this regard, and by a very large margin too.
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2. udhghhe ◴[12 Dec 25 16:14 UTC] No.46245521[source]▶
How much C++ have you written? Not C, but C++.

Do you like pattern matching in Rust? It is one of the features that Rust does decently well at.

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3. xedrac ◴[15 Dec 25 06:01 UTC] No.46270954[source]▶
I've written C++ for 15 years. It's the language I have the most experience with. And yes, pattern matching is a must, particularly for any language that has sum types.