[egorfine]

> They are “looking to minimize discontinuity with the old ways”

Perhaps one of the best ways to achieve that goal is to not introduce any discontinuity? Like, take coreutils. It's one of the most stable pieces of Linux infrastructure. It's as solid as it gets. No one asked for rewrite of those in any language. No one wanted a rewrite. No one needed a rewrite. The rewrite serves no purpose[1].

[1] Credit where it's due: this rust slop prompted a creation of test suite for coreutils, which is truly a great achievement, hands down.