On: Anu: A sound, distributed version control systema

[Koshkin]

> why this rewrite was needed

We all know why

[hobofan → Koshkin]

No we don't. Care to enlighten us?

[porkbrain → hobofan]

The new codebase is apparently in Rust. Perhaps the parent is being sarcastic with respect to the quantity of results here: https://hn.algolia.com/?q=rewrite+in+Rust

[eikenberry → porkbrain]

The old codebase was also in Rust. So I don't think this applies here.

[FpUser → hobofan]

My guess would be Rust. That is assuming the original reason was not not in fact making a "better Git".

[steveklabnik → FpUser]

The old code base was also in Rust.

[FpUser → steveklabnik]

I said "assuming". In no way I was pretending to be correct. Just a wild guess.

[steveklabnik → FpUser]

Totally! Just letting you know that’s not it.

[Ygg2 → Koshkin]

Why though?