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Linux is a family of open source Unix-like operating systems based on the Linux kernel, an operating system kernel first released on September 17, 1991 by Linus Torvalds. Linux is typically packaged in a Linux distribution (or distro for short).

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Fish rewrite-it-in Rust progress: 100% (aus.social)

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plan for the now completed port of fish to rust

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[–] atzanteol 1 points 8 months ago (1 children)

They can, and will, do whatever they want.

[–] priapus 1 points 8 months ago

I read that, but I still disagree with your sentiment that they "could have been spent doing that in C++". No devs wanted to do it in C++, so it was never going to be done. Switching to Rust, where people will be willing to do it, makes much more sense.