alt Hacker NewsI don't necessary like the focus on Rust, but if it happens, then we need to have support in the free compiler!
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Rustc (+ LLVM) already is a free compiler.
Almost the only thing I don't like about Rust is that a bunch of people actively looking to subvert software freedom have set up shop around it. If everything was licensed correctly and designed to resist control by special interests, I'd be a lot happier with having committed to it.
The language itself I find wonderful, and I suspect that it will get significantly better. Being GPL-hostile, centralized without proper namespacing, and having a Microsoft dependency through Github registration is aggravating. When it all goes bad, all the people silencing everyone complaining about it will play dumb.
If there's anything I would want rewritten in something like Rust, it would be an OS kernel.
Why not? Like what about the technology or ecosystem do you disagree with