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Comment by throwawaymaths

> The compelling reason is that it's the only way that has worked

because it's hard enough that people don't try. and then they settle for rust. this is what i mean by "rust sucks the air out of the room".

however, its clearly not impossible, for example this authors incomplete example:

https://github.com/ityonemo/clr

> That would mean waiting at least 10 years,

what if it's not ten years, what if it could be six months? is or worth paying all the other downstream costs of rust?

youre risking getting trapped in a local minimum.

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