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What would be an advantage of switching from GNU coreutils to BSD coreutils? Doesn't GNU utils have more features?
No copy-left license?
Compatibility on Linux with BSD-like operating systems such as FreeBSD, MacOS?
To annoy Richard Stallman?
If I was going to replace coreutils, I think I'd do it with the ones rewritten in rust.
If I was going to replace coreutils, I think I'd do it with the ones rewritten in rust.
20 years again people wanted rewrite stuff written in C/C++ in Java.
Now people wanted to rewrite stuff written in C/C++/Java in Rust.
Meanwhile core infrastructure of humanity still runs on COBOL, C, C++, Java in that order.
20 years from now people ask AI to rewrite all stuff written in C/C++/Java/Rust and it picks ADA SPARK as implementation language.
What would be an advantage of switching from GNU coreutils to BSD coreutils? Doesn't GNU utils have more features?
I can think of a few No copy-left license? Compatibility on Linux with BSD-like operating systems such as FreeBSD, MacOS? To annoy Richard Stallman?
What would be an advantage of switching from GNU coreutils to BSD coreutils? Doesn't GNU utils have more features?
I can think of a few No copy-left license? Compatibility on Linux with BSD-like operating systems such as FreeBSD, MacOS? To annoy Richard Stallman?
Are you planning to make proprietary changes to `cat` you are unwilling to share?
> Compatibility ...
GNU coreutils work fine on all the mentioned plattforms
> To annoy Richard Stallman?
Not really sure if pettiness would be sufficient motivation for me, but then again, I'm writing this response...
If I was going to replace coreutils, I think I'd do it with the ones rewritten in rust.
30 years ago people planned rewrite stuff written in C in C++. 20 years again people wanted rewrite stuff written in C/C++ in Java. Now people wanted to rewrite stuff written in C/C++/Java in Rust. Meanwhile core infrastructure of humanity still runs on COBOL, C, C++, Java in that order. 20 years from now people ask AI to rewrite all stuff written in C/C++/Java/Rust and it picks ADA SPARK as implementation language.
There’s a Rust coreutils too.
What would be an advantage of switching from GNU coreutils to BSD coreutils? Doesn't GNU utils have more features?
Poor choice of name though. Debian has a bsdutils package since forever [1].