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by astrodust 3110 days ago
> ...there are still plenty of bugs...

Yeah, well, that sounds like incomplete to me. Will it beat GNU Hurd to market?

Perl 6 shipped so anything's possible.

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You're shifting the goal-posts, there is working software and it's clearly not "hand-waving bullshit". It needs testing (which you can help with, it's all open) and improvements but it's definitely not vapor-ware.
A potential solution is a lot different from an actual, working, trusted solution.

Elon Musk has plans to land people on Mars. He hasn't landed people on Mars.

If and when it goes live, sure, you've got a point. Until then it's just speculative.