If Rust is so secure and awesome, why haven't GNU or BSD utils been rewritten in Rust Lang?

@nixCraft possibly and at least partly because gcc's rust frontend is rather new? But also just inertia on the human side.

I'm curious to try daily-driving rustybox: https://github.com/samuela/rustybox

GitHub - samuela/rustybox: A free-range, non-GMO fork of busybox in 100% Rust 🦀

A free-range, non-GMO fork of busybox in 100% Rust 🦀 - GitHub - samuela/rustybox: A free-range, non-GMO fork of busybox in 100% Rust 🦀

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