[GTALUG] Re: Ubuntu includes "coreutils" rewritten in Rust

From: William Park via Talk <talk@lists.gtalug.org>

Just noticed at Distrowatch.  Ubuntu is now using "coreutils" package that has been rewritten in Rust.  Interesting that it's not Golang.

Rust has a goal of safety at the speed of C. Go does not. If you are replacing C code, it is natural to take C efficiency as a goal. This might be a mistake (I don't think so). I personally don't like that Rust and Go are normally statically linked (unlike C). That's also a reason that I am not a fan of SNAPs or Flatpaks.