[burntsushi]

Maybe it hasn't "really panned out" because you're making up your own stories. For example:

> Or look at things like ripgrep and what not, just trying to replace some of the common GNU coreutils, POSIX command-line things you expect a system to have.

This is just not true. I never made ripgrep to replace grep. And you acting like it not being a drop-in replacement being a mistake suggests you're totally missing the point. See: https://github.com/BurntSushi/ripgrep/blob/master/FAQ.md#pos...

The goal isn't "C++ has to literally die." That's just dumb. It is not going to die in the lifetime of anyone alive today no matter what anyone does.

[andrewstuart]

Ripgrep puts the code search in my JetBrains ide to shame.

Ripgrep is so fast that it instantly returned results and I had to check it was actually doing anything.

I felt I wanted ripgrep built into a whole bunch of other things.