Redis re-implemented in Rust
Impressive!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?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.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?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..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!edit: clarified ambiguities