Notes on coreutils in Rust
Read OriginalThis article examines the recent proposal to switch Ubuntu's coreutils from GNU to a Rust implementation. It critically analyzes the key arguments for Rust, such as memory safety and performance, comparing them to the existing C codebase. The author concludes that the security benefits may be minimal for coreutils and that performance gains over C are not clearly established.
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