[nsajko]

I don't know what do you like about the phrasing, but it's not really friendly. The word "oxidize" used like that is clearly a Rust community slang, so it signals that the author identifies with the (a?) Rust community, but it also has the effect of alienating those who are not members of the subculture.

Apart from that, I find it strange that people are so brazen with the whole "rewrite stuff in Rust" agenda.

[alias_neo]

I'm not a member of the Rust community (yet), but there was no great leap to understand the oxidation "in-reference", it may very well be community slang, but the link between oxidation and rust in the English language is not at all misunderstood.

As for the agenda of re-write everything in Rust, I cannot comment; as a software engineer I love re-writing things in my new favourite language of the day, so my judgement is clouded.

[bluejekyll]

I read that comment not as "re-write everything in Rust", but more "rewrite a subset of components in Rust where it might help with security and resiliency".

Rust can certainly help with the latter, but very few projects will ever have the funding or time to achieve the former.

[zozbot234]

Well, they have to start somewhere. It makes sense that they would be picking the lowest-hanging fruit.

[Zababa]

> Apart from that, I find it strange that people are so brazen with the whole "rewrite stuff in Rust" agenda.

They used to, but these days they calmed down a lot, and most actively fight against the RIIR (Rewrite It In Rust) meme. I think part of it is because lots of people were exposed to low-level programming through Rust. I know that when I first started working with legacy/old code, I had the urge to rewrite everything. It took me some time to gain respect and trust in the code that was already running. On the other hand, sometimes my insights as a newcomer were valuable. It's a balance you have to strike between the new and the old, as with all things. Young people have the energy and new ideas, old people have the experience and stability. Both are needed. They'll sometimes clash against each other, but with time everyone will gain respect for the other party. I feel like it's what happened with the Rust community. These days it's less "rewrite everything in Rust!" and more "Rust is an option here. Does it makes sense? What are the alternatives?". The language is not even 10 years old at this point. Same thing for the community. They've already matured a lot.