"fringe platforms which can't even run a Rust compiler" [LWN.net]

"fringe platforms which can't even run a Rust compiler"

Posted Feb 14, 2021 22:25 UTC (Sun) by rodgerd (guest, #58896)
In reply to: "fringe platforms which can't even run a Rust compiler" by Wol
Parent article: Python cryptography, Rust, and Gentoo

The problem has never been that these things can't be done: it's that the people making noise about them either want someone else to do it, for free; or a concern-trolling because they're looking for an excuse to block a tool that they don't like, while failing to offer a meaningful alternative.

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"fringe platforms which can't even run a Rust compiler"

Posted Feb 15, 2021 8:51 UTC (Mon) by glaubitz (subscriber, #96452) [Link]

> The problem has never been that these things can't be done: it's that the people making noise about them either want someone else to do it, for free; or a concern-trolling because they're looking for an excuse to block a tool that they don't like, while failing to offer a meaningful alternative.

That's not true. I'm one of these loud voices and I'm actually also one of the people who did lots of contributions to Rust to make it more portable:

> https://lwn.net/Articles/771355/