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		IshKebab on Oct 18, 2021 \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: Is it time to rewrite the Operating System in Rust... > replacing working code is probably not a good idea Depends what you mean by "working".

dijit on Oct 20, 2021 [–]

I think that's a pretty moronic take when we're talking about operating systems.

They obviously work. I'm using one right now and the site we're communicating on is using one also.

Or do you have another definition which encapsulate the basic notion of "work" and adds to it?

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