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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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letmetweakit ◴[12 Dec 25 15:04 UTC] No.46244778[source]▶
Why do you even bring this up, the blog post does not contain this message, they rewrote it to eliminate a class of bugs. They don’t bash C, so refrain yourself from mentioning what hypothetically could have been written…
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1. machomaster ◴[12 Dec 25 16:39 UTC] No.46245796[source]▶
He wrote it because he has eyes and has seen how the typical conversations about switching to Rust often go.