Subj : RE: NNCP
To   : Oli
From : NuSkooler
Date : Tue Oct 04 2022 08:53:59


Oli around Tuesday, October 4th...
 Ol> Rewrite it in Rust has become a running gag.
 Ol> Would Rust (cross-) compile for OS/2, DOS, Amiga?
 Ol> Why not FreePascal or some other language that compiles to C? ;)

FPC compiles to machine language, just like C does. 

The same reason they chose Go, I imagine: It's modern, supported, and rids itself of a lot of legacy baggage. 

I've compiled Rust for DOS. I'm not sure if someone has got OS/2 or Amiga working, but I woudln't doubt it.

The probelem isn't as much the compiler, but the crypto/etc. is very hard to do on older hardware (read: too slow to be of use). I'm sure it can all be ported ignoring that issue.


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