[Manishearth]

> Well, it's been in development for at least 7 years, without any product until the url parser appeared.

This is inaccurate, the URL parser never was and still isn't in a released Firefox.

The first Rust in a released firefox was the mp4 metadata code.

It's worth noting that in those 7 years Servo advanced a lot, which meant that the Stylo project didn't have to rewrite a style system, just take an existing one and polish it. (This is still a lot of work, but not as much)

[drb91]

Well, I'm certainly happy to admit my details are incorrect, but I think my broad point still stands—they look longer term than the typical commercial offering.