On Wed, Dec 30, 2020 at 6:15 PM Ed Greshko <ed.greshko@greshko.com> wrote:
On 31/12/2020 06:24, Patrick O'Callaghan wrote:
> On Wed, 2020-12-30 at 14:45 -0600, David wrote:
>> Regarding Fedora topics for 2021:
>>
>> I am just curious what the general direction of rust is - especially in
>> Fedora.
>>
>> Is the plan to replace specific applications or dependencies with rust ?
>>
>> Or to someday have a Fedora version that uses as much of rust were feasible
>> ?
>>
>> What rust application should I install to give it a try ?
>>
>> Is the use of rust still just for developers ?
> Rust is a programming language. How would it not be "for developers"?
>
>

I suppose if someone is truly interested in rust they could go to https://www.rust-lang.org and
join the rust community.

Replacing an existing working program with a reimplementation in another language is a singularly unsatisfying experience.
The best possible outcome is a new program that does the same thing as the old.  Not many people will volunteer for that job. 

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