Redis re-implemented in Rust
Impressive!<p>Could someone (or OP) elaborate on the value that re-implementing a whole software to a new language provide comparatively to just building an interface "bridging" both worlds?<p>To clarify, my metric for "value" is usefulness to other people. That is, without considering the (interesting) learning opportunity that it represent for the author.<p>For example, someone developed a Python interface to the Stanford Core-NLP library (written in Java). Would re-writing the Core NLP library to Python be useful to the community? How to figure what are people needs?<p>I am asking because while I think it would be ton of fun and allow me to learn a lot, I also value building useful software and re-writing a whole system sounds like an overkill except for a few very niche cases..<p>And if I am not mistaken you would need a team at least as large as the parent project to implement new features, fix bugs and keep pace with it. Looking forward to hear what HNers think!<p>edit: clarified ambiguities