Philippe Gaultier • 10/30/2024

Lessons learned from a successful Rust rewrite

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This article details a developer's experience completing a full rewrite of a C++ project to Rust. It covers what worked well, such as incremental migration and code simplification, and challenges faced, including tooling limitations and memory management. The post offers a balanced, real-world perspective on Rust adoption for systems programming.

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