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by franciscop 37 days ago
It seems it was an experiment at that moment, and that it went well? I do hope they release it under 2.x though, cannot imagine how a 1M LoC can break in so many ways, especially if what xiphias says is true:

https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=48132902
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latexr 37 days ago
> It seems it was an experiment at that moment, and that it went well?

There’s no way they can know that for sure. A change of this magnitude cannot go from experiment to success in such a short time frame. Even if all the code were 100% correct, you can’t call it a success until it’s battle tested in real world scenarios for a while, and that is impossible without time. Same way you can’t cook properly by throwing food into a vulcano. It’s not just about the temperature.

Either the “experiment” claim was a lie or they are being irresponsible.

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camel-cdr 37 days ago
If I got magically handed the perfect rust rewrite for a project of this magnitude, it would take way longer than 9 days to merge, because I would need to make sure it's actually good.
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overfeed 36 days ago
> it would take way longer than 9 days to merge, because I would need to make sure it's actually good

What if another (unstated) goal of your rewrite was to provide marketing material for how advanced your acquirers AI tools are? The faster the turnaround, the better they (and therefore you) look.

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