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		b20000 on July 31, 2024 \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: Translating All C to Rust (TRACTOR) “ the software engineering community has reached a consensus” … hahaha no sorry, I don’t think so Your priority should be to learn how to build better software and not force a new language onto people. do you remember the age old saying about nature and fools?

stkdump on July 31, 2024 [–]

I guess it is a consensus like `goto considered harmful` or `numbering should start at zero`, which is not a perfect consensus, but as much of a consensus as you can reach for such a disparate community.

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