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		habibur on Feb 9, 2023 \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: RustDesk – Remote desktop software, written in Rus... "Rewrite it in" started with Node. Beginning at around 2010. Then there was "in Go". Mid 10s. And now it's Rust. 20s.

ptx on Feb 9, 2023 [–]

And Java before that.

habibur on Feb 9, 2023 | [–]

System tools weren't written in Java that much.

People used Java, but mostly for GUI apps. Not command line tools.

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