Better idea: rewrite the whole thing in Rust
Better idea: rewrite the whole thing in Rust
Posted Dec 6, 2025 9:59 UTC (Sat) by kunitz (subscriber, #3965)In reply to: Better idea: rewrite the whole thing in Rust by ssokolow
Parent article: Eventual Rust in CPython
A rewrite of a software component you need to assess whether the cost of the rewrite and the future maintenance cost is lower than the maintenance cost of the existing software component.
Google made such an assessment, but I have yet to see the "rewrite everything in X" apostles to provide such an assessment.